CH> Hi. Is it true that hearing people are surprised or as in extreme
CH> cases xenophobic when  they  are told I'm deaf but I can talk quite
CH> well???? This um surprises them???? Someone told me this and Im kinda
CH> shook up about it. YOu mean they don't realize oh she must she latent
CH> deaf and learned speech first...
 
CH> No? I'd have to EXPLAIN IT????
 
CH> wow.  being disabled is really a lot of work!
 
If you're just now noticing this, then that should prove to you the
ignorance of normal people and that you're a slow learner.  I mean that in
the nicest possible way.   Their lives are so hurried, they don't have the
time to learn about everything under the Sun.  Those that make it their
business, find the time to do it.  I used to watch a TV show with Mark
Harmon and Marlee Matlin.  She played a deaf ADA and Harmon was her
investigator police officer who could sign.  He can still do it and I've
seen him use it in other roles.  The name of the show was Reasonable
Doubts.
 
 
Regards,
 
Roger

... If someone shoots me, I get to keep the bullet.
--- D'Bridge 2.99