My Thoughts about privilege/attitude in the Deaf community

I completely agree! For so far ling we Deaf community have been divided. I was ridiculed in Deaf school (big) cuz I wasn't Deaf enough. I considered myself 1/2 Deaf and 1/2 HoH. So I graduated from mainstreamed. We need to be open minded. And discuss it more.

I’m hard of hearing and I sign. But being hard of hearing and not deaf or fully hearing puts me in two worlds, yet not fully in one or the other. It was refreshing to see Renca bring up this topic. Many pieces of this topic to unpack and discuss. So interesting!

The Internet is full of garbage. But it is also full of wonderful things: with opportunities to learn, and become a better person.  Your posts are examples of the wonderful things. Thank you Renca. You are a gem.

Denca, You are absolutely right. We tend to stereotype each group which we have to stop. Look at the person not the group. Thank you for bringing that up.

It has not been easy to be part of deaf community, due to many reasons and my experience as deaf person. I was never felt welcomed in deaf world. I am in hearing world for too many years and most of the time I'm in my own little world....

It is a great idea to discuss this topic regarding the attitudes of the deaf/hard of hearing people who came from the deaf schools as well as the mainstream schools. Everyone should share their experiences and opinions as long as they respect each other.

I’m profoundly deaf and yet have no loss on the low frequencies. My experience of the last twenty years is the deaf community is the most unwelcoming hostile group I’ve ever tried to be accepted by or even just hang with. Luckily for me it discouraged me from getting the c implant for over 15yrs now. 😅I still can enjoy listening to music but only 16% of critical speech yet not deaf enough to join these angry groups. Thanks deaf community for twenty years of loneliness.

Renga Dunn! Your comment is wonderful to recognize what is between deaf and mainstream at hearing HS. Awesome! My experiences are about deaf school and mainstreaming at healing school were much different. I used to attend at Washington State School for the Deaf (WSSD or WSD) in Vancouver, WA in 1971-78; also, I used to fly from my hometown, Reno, NV to Portland, OR Someone came to pick me up and went to deaf school for 7years. Ok! At deaf school, stayed at the dorm socialized with other deaf students; however, I was not fond of the dorm because I had bad experiences and I will not talk about my bad experiences at the dorm; the education was the best I’ve ever had to learn a lot and had opportunities to learn mores. But I decided to leave the deaf school and settled at my hometown, Reno, NV. At mainstreaming at hearing high school I attended for two years instead of four; it was okay. The interpreters were not many. One teacher who knew ASL signings teach wrong way in English. I really wished I would stay at deaf school for education only that I would cherish to learn more but there was nothing I could do so I went ahead to add correspondence course for US government that I could pass and graduated in 1980. Went to Ohlone College in Fremont, CA for three years. Between deaf school and mainstreaming at hearing high school were big differences. Some wanted to go at deaf school That would be great! Some wanted to go mainstreaming at hearing high school probably fine but the accommodations at hearing high school would be sufficient for deaf students? That was hard part at mainstreaming I am deaf but not profound. I use my hearing aid but I rather sign ASL that was the best. My family are hearing I am only one deaf. Wish you the best if you apply for the position at Iowa deaf school, go for it. I am not familiar if Iowa deaf school is small or big? Hope all goes well! 😎👍☀️ have a great summer!

I agree with u that they should focus on both to learn from each than only see one side but need to see both side to get whole image and see from their own point of view to understand better

YEs, its a good dialogue! I, Myself go to the most wonderful school for the Deaf In NY called Lexington school for the deaf since 1993-2009!! Yes, its the best school in my option and surprisedly Graduated in a mainstream school 2010 because of transfer of my credits to graduate and needed a new life experience.experiences. Its people, just assume that we have privileges to be able to learn. School is School, what I am learning in school, is what I learn in school its the same no difference. No school is better than others.

i agreed with u , I do believe that persons should have open and talk about things relate to deaf or mainstream schools, for better socife life (wrong spelling) excuse me.. i think not all deaf people should get along with hearing people where u work or social. i myself is hard of hearing, i learned many ways, i mean two worlds are much difference lives but i have to live with hearing world no matter what or who.. just be happy with anyone who u feel trust. someone who believe in u. my family are hearing , im only one hard of hearing, can talk by mouth, not expect ok

Hi Renca, you and I come from a rival school! I am OSSD with two SS meaning, I am old. I kiss fist your choice of words for this topic. However it is very irony to have that issue for k-12, not Gally and “undergraduates from hearing university with interpreters.

The issues created more complications due to misunderstandings and misinformations related to technology. It actually between ASL and English obsolete each other out, yet it is at the Deaf school who loves to switched ‘plays’ which is horrendous of cutting off communication on both sides to the classroom’s teachers. Why are your perception is pretending that problems are from mainstreamed? Then why are both social norms of groups pretending that deaf should be forced to be DEPENDENT not independent individual as through a regular HEARING telephone even to ‘sell’ a maybe working or non-working tty machine when it is against the agreement of ADA policy which means it was being processed with the wrong way of concept of ‘handling’ tty when many, many, many people don’t even know what it is? How was a person to contact the bank when ASSESSABILITIES is being deprived and ‘playing games’ through a console game controller to mask between textings to cover up another part of bi-products, yet still makes it HARDER to fight for ADA as independent individual when your social norms does not recognize or respect their own co-workers within the state being undeaf, uncitizen and unchristianized with service/disservices? They themselves actually support ‘reverse mainstreamed’ which means going against the schools’ systems against who??? TEACHERS/ADA swapping out both part of ENGLISH and ADA which means already in violations of both part switching out against bi-products. Why would a teacher who herself brought a sexual position book to school within at the end of her first year of work, meanwhile takes away the neutrality of the both D/deaf adults and children of NOT understanding assessabilities among deafness pretending that professionalism of teachers is based on ‘sexuality’ rather than respect for professionals as TEACHERS!? Why does social norms does not respect the neutrality of cued speech which is a conflict between an actual sign for sexual context and cued speech placement are not the same space on the face? Yet both social norms does not recognize that many have both ASL and cued speech, yet some social norms would rather make it awkward.

i agree with renca dunn,s story good

I wish there more option have video under the comment and it’s design is friendly for me to have access to the video. I remove some my comment. The question is who invented Deaf Elite and why had to label to only to Deaf and Hard of people? I am not agree with label and everyone’s different perspective include myself and where is clear Elite meaning to all same?

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