[ SECRET POST #2696 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2696 ⌋

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Re: "I am not your label"

[(Anonymous)]

Capitalized-D-Deaf means the person grew up in Deaf culture, i.e., they mostly always communicated through sign language, may or may not have used assistive listening devices, attended a Deaf (residential) school, and basically spent all of their lives around people in the same situation.

In the '70s (when I was growing up) and in the '80s (when I assume dethtoll was growing up) there was a big push to "assimilate" the Deaf, so kids were brought up what's known as "oral" or "auditory-verbal therapy" i.e., hearing aids as soon as possible, speech therapy up to and sometimes throughout school, absolutely no sign language whatsoever (actively discouraged), and I believe they may teach speechreading now, but when I was growing up, it was considered part and parcel of something that would come naturally, with the hearing aids/being mainstreamed. Which is known as small-d-deaf, and can also include the "deafened" or "late-deafened" i.e., adults who lose their hearing later in life.

And, yeah, being mainstreamed in the 1970s sucked hairy balls (no IEPs or classroom helpers then!), and even though I would have had a much narrower life and way fewer options than I have had, and I wouldn't have anything approaching the life I have now, I sometimes wish I had grown up Deaf, instead of growing up deaf. If that makes any sense.

That said, if I had grown up Deaf, I likely would have ended up in one of the worst/most abusive residential schools for the Deaf here in Canada, so the grass isn't always greener. I'm a pretty tough character, as a result of the garbage I got put through in school, so all in all, it had its advantages.

...sorry, that was a bit long, wasn't it? Anyway. Capital-D-Deaf is someone who uses sign language exclusively, and who may or may not interact with the hearing community through a terp (interpreter), and interacts mostly with the Deaf community/other signers. Small-d-deaf is someone who may have very little or no residual hearing, but we still participate in hearing society, don't usually sign (or at least not well), and speak/speechread. HTH

Re: "I am not your label"

[(Anonymous)]

Capital-D-Deaf is someone who uses sign language exclusively, and who may or may not interact with the hearing community through a terp (interpreter), and interacts mostly with the Deaf community/other signers.

That just seems ridiculously limiting to me. What do they do if they end up in a situation where there aren't any other signers or interpreters? Do they just never interact with the majority of the world?

Re: "I am not your label"

[(Anonymous)]

Question asker here. Thanks for the explanation!