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Bebonang said:
That is what happen when we were being put through by hearing people and hearing parents to make us hear like them. We have tried telling them many times over and over that it is really impossible for us to hear and to expect us to lipread when we could not read very well. That is why we want ASL very much and it extremely helps us understand better with ASL than lipreading or speechreading. Now you know how we all feel when everyone of your family want you to become hearing again. We know the feeling that they would just leave us the way we are as is and nothing they can do to make us hear. It is really sad that hearing people want and dream of us being hearing instead of Deaf or Hard of Hearing. Like your doctor said "It is impossible for you to hear again while your family demand that your doctor make you hear again. Also we have this battle with AGB (Alexander Graham Bell) who insisted and still insisting that we must learn to speak and lipread, no ASL. That is a cruel way to punish us Deafies and Hard of Hearing to do that. We were very upset when we don't have the accommodation that we need like ASL interpreters and notetakers, etc. Geez. :roll:
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AGB will never win that! There are too many of us. I'm certainly never gonna give up signing. I've been lip reading for years, and I'm very good at it, but I really really hate it! I have an idea for AGB to ponder: Everybody is required to learn ASL for entrance requirements into 1st grade. I guess the blind community wouldn't be too happy about that one though. How about this: If you can see, you must learn sign. If you can hear, you must learn spoken English. If you can see and hear, you must learn and use both. Or maybe he should just leave us be.
 
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SimplyMints said:
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AGB will never win that! There are too many of us. I'm certainly never gonna give up signing. I've been lip reading for years, and I'm very good at it, but I really really hate it! I have an idea for AGB to ponder: Everybody is required to learn ASL for entrance requirements into 1st grade. I guess the blind community wouldn't be too happy about that one though. How about this: If you can see, you must learn sign. If you can hear, you must learn spoken English. If you can see and hear, you must learn and use both. Or maybe he should just leave us be.
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Yahoo, too. You are right and this is good posting which I agree with you one hundred percent. We are not going to let AGB rule us and they can not win. You are good. I am glad to know you are on our side. Hurrah!!!! :D
 
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