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Re: ideas and questions

From:Adam Walker <carrajena@...>
Date:Friday, March 5, 2004, 14:48
--- Andreas Johansson <andjo@...> wrote:
> Quoting Adam Walker <carrajena@...>: > > > --- Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...> wrote: > > > over. If not, there still will be the Language > of > > > the > > > Deaf-Mutes. > > > > > > > Just FYI, most Deaf (in the US at least) find the > term > > "deaf-mute" offensive since most of them learn at > > least some speech (whether they are comfortable > using > > it or it be a usable amount or not) and some are > > proficient users of speech (eg. Marley Matlin). > The > > term may, sometimes, be an accurate label, but it > is > > almost always taken as insulting by the Deaf > > themselves. > > I thought "deaf-mute" specifically refered to deaf > people with defective vocal > apparatus? Ie, ones who couldn't learn to speak even > if their deafness went > away? > > > Andreas
Andreas And so it should. But the assumption of most hearing people is that all deaf people are mute (and all mute people are deaf) and this is the source of the offence taken by the Deaf. Of course deaf and dumb is even MORE offensive since it implies stupidity. Many Deaf are adamant about seperating "deaf" form other words such as "mute" and "dumb". They are very concerned with drawing the distiction between deafness and other conditions with which it is often (or sometimes) associated and conflated (such as mutness, mental retardation and blindness!). Deaf culture in the US may be quite different from that in Sweden or other countries. I know that US Deaf culture in Taiwan had some significant differences from that in the US. Adam ===== Indjindrud edjuebu ul Josias ad ul Jeconias ed ils sus frarris in il deporrachuni in al Baviluña, ed debostu il deporrachuni in al Baviluña, indjindrud ul Jeconias ad ul Salatil. Indjindrud edjuebu ul Salatiel ad ul Zorubaviu. Indjindrud edjuebu ul Zorobaviu ad ul Abiud. Indjindrud edjuebu ul Abiud ad ul Eliacim. Indjindrud edjuebu ul Eliacim ad ul Azor. Machu 1:11-13