Daily Limitations

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I know you are all tired of an ASL student coming to ask the same questions over and over again. However, I hope that mine is different as I have searched the forums for over two hours and haven't found what I was looking for. I posted it on facebook, but only one person replied. I have also asked a few deaf people in my area, but their answers overlapped. I have also searched the internet but disagree with many of the answers I find there. An example is that deaf people are limited in their driving. I know this is not true! This is for my Deaf Culture class, and I do not want to give out information about limitations that hearing people think that deaf people have. Thank you for any help you can offer.

My question is "What are some of the daily limitations that Deaf people face in society?"

Danielle
 
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As a Deaf-Blind, my daily limitations would have to be very little access to ASL interpreting, no access to the videophone as we Canadians do not have access to VP and one major complaint would be this one. Being expected to conform to societal expectations; growing up I had to learn how to talk/lipread in order to mainstream in the general population. Now that I'm Deaf-Blind, I am still expected to adjust to the general population. I personally feel when a person has both their sight and hearing, he/she SHOULD accomodate the other person with lesser senses. I hope this answers your question. Best of luck.
 
If a person thinks they are limited because they are deaf, then they are right. If you don't want to let limitations hold you back, show them they're wrong.

For me, I am lucky to have a wonderful hearing girlfriend who loves to be my hearing ears. She is willing to reach into my silence and "hear" for me.
 
I agree that you are only limited by the limitations you see, but there are some true limitations out there. My ASL instructor found one of his "limitations" is that he cannot just go to any movie at any time. He needs to look to see when the one that is captioned will be playing. It may not even be the movie he wants to see. These are the type of limitations I am looking for. I suppose you could call them more of an inconvienience than a limitation.
 
If a person thinks they are limited because they are deaf, then they are right. If you don't want to let limitations hold you back, show them they're wrong.

For me, I am lucky to have a wonderful hearing girlfriend who loves to be my hearing ears. She is willing to reach into my silence and "hear" for me.

For me - I don't depend on others to lift the limitation off me. I've never had a silence in my life :)
 
I agree that you are only limited by the limitations you see, but there are some true limitations out there. My ASL instructor found one of his "limitations" is that he cannot just go to any movie at any time. He needs to look to see when the one that is captioned will be playing. It may not even be the movie he wants to see. These are the type of limitations I am looking for. I suppose you could call them more of an inconvienience than a limitation.

I see. hmmm.... so what are some of the daily limitations that Deaf people face in society?

well I can't think of any. :dunno:
 
i wonder how come this kinda question is never turned around as a class exercise and they're told to wonder about < and ask themselves or hearing people they know around them> :

"what are the daily limitations faced by hearing people -as opposed to d/Deaf people - in society" or/and:

"how was it to be hearing while growing up?"

i am wondering if it was re-framed like this, could it help to change perception?
 
Some the limitations of "hearing persons" in daily life- not knowing anyone who uses ASL.

Not "interacting with deaf/Deaf/Blind deaf persons" in daily life.

Not being members of AllDeaf.com!

Implanted A B Harmony activated Aug/07
 
I see the ignorance and oppression from general society about my deafness limiting.
 
"what are the daily limitations faced by hearing people -as opposed to d/Deaf people - in society" or/and:

"how was it to be hearing while growing up?"

i am wondering if it was re-framed like this, could it help to change perception?

1) Anytime I'm in a location with a large number of other people, I'm left virtually unable to communicate with others around me. I have daily incursions into my privacy by my neighbors who think that 3AM is the perfect time for shouting matches and dance parties. To ignore someone, I have to exert far more energy that simply "turning around/closing my eyes".

2) I dunno, I just did it. And now I'm older than when I was growing up. What the heck does "how was it" even mean? Those kinds of questions are dumb. "How was it to be human while growing up?"
 
one "could" say the same questions asked about deaf/Deaf are "dumb"...

meant to get someone thinking outside the box, if they allow themselves to without judgment
it's a matter of re-framing....
 
Think about it. The limitations they face are directly connected to the limitations imposed on them by a hearing, audist society.:cool2: Stop and think about the ways in which you, as a hearing person, fail to recognize that just because a sitiuations suits your hearing needs does not mean that it suits the needs of all, or even most. That will show you how limitations are imposed and created.
 
this reminds me of part of racism, homophobia and so on is the pure failure to see it....
connect the dots....
 
I see. hmmm.... so what are some of the daily limitations that Deaf people face in society?

well I can't think of any. :dunno:

Deaf are limited at the movies. Hearing can go any day/time listed but the deaf either can't find caption or must go at a special time.

Deaf get limited service at a sit-down dinner. This is due to the fact that a server knows he/she will have to spend extra time with the deaf understanding the need. So he/she wont come around to the table as often as going to the table of hearing.

If you want, I can think of a few more
 
Deaf are limited at the movies. Hearing can go any day/time listed but the deaf either can't find caption or must go at a special time.

Deaf get limited service at a sit-down dinner. This is due to the fact that a server knows he/she will have to spend extra time with the deaf understanding the need. So he/she wont come around to the table as often as going to the table of hearing.

If you want, I can think of a few more

But, is that because of their deafness, or because of a hearing audist society that doesn't consider the needs of a large segment of the population?
 
The movies are true, and there is no reason they could not be all OC. It does not take up much space and they put them on the DVD anyway.

Here all we have is RWC and it is actually annoying.

I just wait for DVD and I won't catch bedbugs, which is the latest warning here for people attending the movie theater. :lol:

Really that is not a big disadvantage. Plus the dogs like to watch with me and my husband and have some pizza. ;)
 
I don't have daily limitation except some job positions which requires hearing like stenographer listening to the judge/lawyers in the court while typing.
 
The movies are true, and there is no reason they could not be all OC. It does not take up much space and they put them on the DVD anyway.

Here all we have is RWC and it is actually annoying.

I just wait for DVD and I won't catch bedbugs, which is the latest warning here for people attending the movie theater. :lol:

Really that is not a big disadvantage. Plus the dogs like to watch with me and my husband and have some pizza. ;)

Heck, I'm hearing, and I would rather wait for the DVD and watch at home.
 
Deaf are limited at the movies. Hearing can go any day/time listed but the deaf either can't find caption or must go at a special time.

Really?? Oh, please. Not to me, it's unlimited. Every 3-4 days of different and new OCC movies daily since 2004 in my home area...no problem! I got a feeling someday in near future movie theaters will be out of business due to low enrollment of attendees because of ridicilously rising prices for one ticket, the cost for ticket which is nearly equals to a new release DVD movie at any stores.

Deaf get limited service at a sit-down dinner. This is due to the fact that a server knows he/she will have to spend extra time with the deaf understanding the need. So he/she wont come around to the table as often as going to the table of hearing.

Nope, I do it quicker under 30 seconds. It ain't hard to just point my order on the menu for a server to read.
 
hearing-interaction with ASL is very difficult, as well as selective in school/work

inability to communicate at loud events

Situational awareness is far less developed, as well as concentration in loud/distracting areas

inability to read people from a physical standpoint, slightly lacking here

Last one im going leave on is cell phone signal possibly leaving tumors in the brain from being close to the ear.

i dont know if this helped at all.
 
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