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DO WE HATE HEARING PEOPLE?

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A column from Jack Levesque, DCARA News, May 1991, Jack's Corner DO WE HATE HEARING PEOPLE? by Jack Levesque "Why do deaf people hate hearing people?" a hearing person recently asked me.
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1996 Jan 3

Double standards - deafness vs. other disabilities

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(The following article was contributed by Angelique N Wahlstedt at 3 Oct 1994.)
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2005 Nov 29

Account of Misery of Hearing-impaired Person

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The following article (contributed by Fox Hardy at 9 Dec 1995) is an account of the feelings of an hearing impaired person who did not find his place in the world. This account is made available in order to make people aware of the fact that even if an hearing impaired person is "oral success", his difficulties are not yet over.
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2005 Nov 29

Discrimination

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Introduction All hearing impaired people get discriminated against. This discrimination occurs to varying degrees by different people and organizations. In dealing with discrimination there are few steps:
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1996 Mar 22

Self-identity of hearing impaired people

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Introduction

During the 18th International Congress on Education of the Deaf, one of the lectures discussed the subject of self-identity of deaf people.

This article discusses te subject of self-identity of deaf people from the perspective of a participant of the DEAF-L list.

Lecture summary

During the 18th International Congress on Education of the Deaf, the results of a research by Yael Bat-Chava and Kirstin Lindermayer were presented. The researchers found that there are actually four groups of deaf people as follows:

  1. Deaf Power (33% of sample)
  2. Hearing Identity (24% of sample)
  3. Biculturals (34% of sample)
  4. Negatives (9% of sample)

The lecturers also remind us that a person would stay associated with a group as long as the group contributes to him pride in his identity.

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2005 Dec 2