You are more rude than some people are willing to admit. I normally do NOT resort to offensive or crude language. And, if you will notice, My avatar picture is of a CAT, not me. The CAT was Clyde, a 38 pound wonder. Since most cats do not get quite that heavy. I have no reason to ever be put into a prison and I do not qualify for one either, though I was once involved with the prison ministry from my church one year. Had to stop as I got married and started a family. Still married to the same man no less. (this is in no way meant to belittle any of my AD friends who may have had divorces or such) I never said you couldn't talk about anything you wished, just don't act like you are the "end all and be all" expert on the subject. We here on AD have a lot of experience dealing with hearing people who want to push their POV on us. We will debate it and then know what we ourselves want. We just want to make sure that if someone new comes in asking for advice or information, then get a fair representation of what is out there and what to be expected on their journey. From what I have seen of your posts, all they can expect is to have nothing but judgmental bias everywhere they turn.
I was born HOH, wore HA's for a number of years. Went without HA's for more years, and then totally lost all of my hearing 4 years ago. My parents were advised to not have me learn any sign language or to know anything about deaf culture or the deaf community. I am finding it out in my adulthood. I am still adjusting and I think I am doing very well. I am now slowly learning ASL. I have had a lot of life experiences and have quite a few more to go. I may not have had the advantages you had, but I had a lot of advantages that a lot of others did not have. I feel my parents did the best for me that they could given the information they had.
Please do not ever assume that a person is dumb or ignorant or illiterate just because they are deaf or HOH. We can succeed in life. It's sometimes is a little harder for us, but it makes us to be stronger individuals in the end. We are all proud of whatever we succeed and excel at. We have deaf teachers, musicians, actors, actresses and deaf professionals as well as deaf medical personnel. Whether the individual was pre-lingually or post-lingually deaf, they are still to be commended for whatever they are able to achieve. Some of us have other medical issues to go along with out hearing loss. Low vision, blindness, MS, and a host of other issues. We are here to educate others without putting them down or saying that "it's our way or you're undereducated".
