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Is that directed towards me? If so, what do you mean?

I'm not sure what you are trying to get at, here. FYI, my parents are fully aware of what I say and do, and they have read this thread. In fact, they encouraged me to create this thread, because they won't believe me when I say that I CAN do whatever I set my mind to do.

I take offense to it, but not because of the origins of the word. I understand the origins of the term "dumb". But, I am sensitive towards the word because I am constantly bullied and harassed, being called the "Deaf and Dumb girl" all the time - but those people who harass me mean the word...

They want me to marry a rich doctor, live next door to them, and be a homemaker who can't drive. Yeah, right. :roll: Meanwhile, I want to go to college and get my Master's degree in Occupational Therapy - specifically, I want to work in a pediatric hospital and/or a rehab hospital. (But...

Oooh, I LOVE it! Great job! Of course I'll vote for you :)

I'm addicted to yarn. Does that count? I'm being serious, here; I really AM addicted to yarn!

Yeah... my dad is soooo... There are no words to accurately describe my father...

Nah, not 100, but he's in his 50's. He also calls a body aid a "hearing speaker box", and a BTE hearing aid a "banana aid". Apparently, these were the terms that he used when he went to school with a deaf girl in high school and worked with a deaf guy in the 70's. I just couldn't stop :laugh2:

"Deaf and Dumb"?!? Isn't that really outdated? I mean, who still uses that term? (Besides my father, but he doesn't count.) Yeah, I take offense to that. I'm not dumb - even if I couldn't speak. :mad:

THANK YOU!!! :ty: This is EXACTLY what I need! :hug: I'm going to show my mother this when I get the chance. Maybe THEN she'll believe that her deaf 16 year old daughter can indeed drive safely on the roads...

I just saw this: Charges filed against five who removed teen's kidney 17-year-old sells his kidney for iPad 2 | Technology News Blog - Yahoo! News I feel bad for the kid. But, I wouldn't sell MY kidney on the black market to buy an iPad...

Oh no! I hope that all is well with the interpreter.

It's not a good fit for me, either. (As I've been told by a lot of cyber/virtual school students, it's not a good fit. Many students are miserable. There are very good programs out there, but it's not always a good fit for the student.) I'm not exactly sure what you mean by a "legal"...

Yeah! You go, girl! :) You know that we're here for you :hug: Now, if only I can remember what you just said and apply it to my situation with my parents...

My teachers are technically available to me through phone and e-mail, too. But, I can't use a phone. I try to e-mail my teachers, and they either tell me to call them instead of e-mail, or they just don't answer my e-mails. And when they DO answer my e-mails, they just tell me to re-read the...

Yeah, to me, it looks like in PA, you need a vision screening & at least 20/40 vision with or without correction (I'm good there, with correction) and a physical from your doctor. But, I looked at the form, and it doesn't say anything about deaf/hoh. Now, I don't know whether you have to mention...