Questions for paretns with a child with a hearing aid or cochlear implant
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If you don't like the term "disorder" then you may want to contact the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders and ask them to change their name.
I've heard that many black people consider the term "colored people" to be racist, but the NAACP hasn't changed their name, so if they accept that term, it's going to be perpetuated and not go away. If the National Institute on Deafness has "communication disorder" in its title, then how is the general public supposed to know that many deaf people find that offensive? It's the same with any thing/term that certain groups or individuals believe discriminates against them (the Confederate flag, team names like Redskins, etc.). When those terms/symbols are used by organizations who have power, or if they've been used for a long time and tradition is involved, it's difficult to make things change.
I'm not saying you're wrong about it being rude/offensive (not that I think Kitty 956 meant it that way at all), but if you're wondering why people use that term, it's likely thought of as being acceptable because it's in the title of the Institute. It doesn't make it right, but until the Institute changes its name, that term probably isn't going away.
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I tend to agree with Hoichi...and yes, I also find the team mascot thing with offensive.
"Deafness" and "Deaf" not the same thing. One is medical model, based on pathology. One is cultural.
You're right...I agree that changing institutions is hard. But it has to start somewhere.
"Deafness" and "Deaf" not the same thing. One is medical model, based on pathology. One is cultural.
You're right...I agree that changing institutions is hard. But it has to start somewhere.
sara1981
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I never owned CI because my parents wouldn't afford get me CI I'm raise hearing aids till my mom decide to stop me using hearing aids hard for me explained..
I had history sezuire at 12 years old but my mom wouldn't allowed me get CI surgery
I had history sezuire at 12 years old but my mom wouldn't allowed me get CI surgery
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......the term "colored people" ??...was used ages and eons ago...Most prefer "people of color"..."African Black"..."African Americans"...But what someone prefers and someone is labeled are 2 different things....and to think the deafies have a "communicative disorder"??....
...Bet my bottom dollar the members here at AD have a better command with English than the hearies do!.....We may not be able to "say it"....but we sure can write it...and so many hearies "can say it"...but cannot write it....Sooo....Oh...and I've never worn a HA or a CI....
But what someone prefers and someone is labeled are 2 different things....and to think the deafies have a "communicative disorder"??....
Oh...and I've never worn a HA or a CI....
Ditto! There's a HUGE difference in functioning between a dhh person who can and does have good speech and or sign skills (hopefully both) and someone with a real communication disorder (like apraxia or autistism)