DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, November 4, 2015
-- a big news website angry about deaf called as mutes
The Huffingpost web site posted an article, angry
about the deaf being called as mutes. Well, in India
people call the deaf as deaf-mutes. And yet, in USA,
with the world's strongest disability laws (ADA),
deaf people are still called deaf-mutes. Take
a look at the picture:
http://deafdigest.com/telling-the-world-what-it-is/
-- deaf threatening a political party
In USA, we have many angry deaf people - angry over
discrimination, no jobs, audism, no money, poor
education, no opportunities, etc. We have had protest
marches in Washington, DC. But do we threaten our
political parties - the Democrats and the Republicans?
No, but it is happening in Ghana! Several deaf organizations
are threatening to disrupt the National Democratic
Congress (a political party in Ghana) if their
demands are not being met.
-- a shocking experience with a travel agent
A deaf woman, living in Japan, wanted to visit her
family in USA, and wanted to book airfare with a
travel agent. She was told that because of her
deafness she was not allowed to fly! Very angry
about it, she confronted the travel agent's
supervisor - and she was able to get airflight
reservations. It happened about 20 years ago.
To this day, she is bitter about it.
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