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I did not work at Home Depot, I worked at another retail center. I left because there was new management and this particular manager was cutting everyone's hours and scheduling people for times where it'd be very difficult for them to be there. On top of that, there were many scheduling...

BITTER!? LOLOL!!!!! Oh, Sweetmind. *shakes head* I'm perfectly content with who I am. :) Those who know me are perfectly content with who I am as well. I have a very positive attitude towards myself and the potential task when I take it upon myself to tackle a job application. This is...

No one. I also find it unacceptable. Very good post, Passivist. :) Thank you for pointing this out. We'd all do so much better by adopting acceptance of OTHER ideas and viewpoints - it is perfectly okay to maintain your own opinion, but there is a limit to it - part of the trick is to also...

We're on the same page, then. :) *cheers!* I agree with you too - it's mainly fear and selfishness that drives those who are capable of making such hasty choices.

Gotcha.

Ummm...why does this matter? Deafness isn't an impairment that will limit the child to the point where the child cannot enjoy life. In deciding to have a baby, you make a commitment to that child, even BEFORE he or she is born...I know this. If the child is hearing, then we are inclined to...

Very well said, Gem. Additionally, I'll add that it tells me everything as well as nothing at all. Sweetmind...perhaps doing yourself a favor by not assuming will salvage whatever's left of your sanity.

Celtic, I applaud your determination to find a job for yourself. That's admirable! It's very very difficult to bypass the common stereotypes that accompany any manager's choice to hire a deaf worker as opposed to a hearing worker. I've had problems in the past finding a job...and I'd...

I guess it tells me that I wouldn't want your opinion on my home renovations, either. ;) It also tells me that the manager at Home Depot is probably still reviewing your application. I happen to know a deaf guy who works at the Home Depot closest to me. You may try to make this a...

Perhaps it's attitudes like yours that contribute to the worsening of outlooks in today's society. Instead of blaming other folks who are able to see a bigger picture, why don't you take a good hard look at yourself and your own theories?

Oh, my god. I've been destroyed. *wails* How amusing it is, when we as the choice-maker, feel we benefit from it...and others are insisting that we're destroyed and no longer "free." Perhaps they try too hard to do the thinking FOR us. Good luck trying to make much sense out of some of...

A lot of people already HAVE thought about it. Sweetmind's manner in which the word is used is intended to be in a negative sense - perhaps she should be more careful with whom she throws such an "offensive" term at. We aren't the enemy just because we've made different choices that...

In a lot of respects, neither do you.

Okay...that's your choice and as a person, we will still respect you for that choice. However, what some people fail to realize is that there are others who do not feel the same way...so then the slew of name calling begins and insults are thrown into the mix. It helps nothing. It would solve...

Debatable. How are you not racist towards others who firmly maintain their own perspectives on issues pertaining to CI's and/or any other assistive devices that they feel may benefit them? Additionally how are you not harboring animosity towards parents, friends, doctors and any other...

Exactly. :hug: Thank you for bringing this up, deafdyke - I have to admit that some of my own self esteem issues stem from my hearing impairment itself. My voice was different and that was picked up on right off the bat. Therefore, anyone with a malicious streak would have a field day with...

Oooh!!!! *tossing in the logs* As for her definition, make sure you have plennnnty of time to sort through the undecipherable text in order to obtain something that's in any way intelligent and sensible.

LOL - you may be opening up a can of worms by asking this. I think the definition of an audist would be someone who in any way disagrees with Sweetmind. :) But from what I understand....audist is meant to be a prejudiced and/or discriminative term that is applied towards folks (hearing OR...

I'm sure they are. But like I said in the post before this one - bullies are hunters...predators in a way. They look for someone less fortunate, in ANY way. Hearing people do get picked on - of course - that's because a bully will take it upon him or herself to LOOK for any type of...

I understand that, Cheri, and you're right...but bullies will LOOK for things to pick at - and my being deaf and speaking differently was just more clear to them so that just made me an easy target. Yes, kids are kids, but a child who is deaf perhaps has more of a chance at being ridiculed than...