Okay, I am not deaf, but I would like to pitch in on the "What does audism mean to you?"
To me audism means the end of Deaf Culture. It means the end of all signed languages, ASL included.
Before people discussed Deaf Culture: Before ASL was considered to be a language: There was "The Deaf World". I was introduced to both as a child because my best friend was CODA. I was 7 or 8 years old and I loved it.
I believe Deaf Culture and ASL bring something wonderful to the world and it would be a sad day were they to be destroyed.
