Skip to comments.
Video: Deaf Baby Hears for First Time
Mediaite ^
| May 28, 2010
| Colby Hall
Posted on 10/22/2010 11:32:44 PM PDT by Darkwolf377
click here to read article
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-29 last
To: Darkwolf377
My grandparents were deaf, using only sign language for communications. My family has been in service to this population for nearly a century.
The impact of deafness is devastating on social and intellectual development. The deep and abiding love we share with many of these wonderful people is anathema to much of the hearing world.
Deaf people experience vicious discrimination. They are enslaved, humiliated and cheated with unerring consistency. Their comfort is found almost esclusively in deaf communities. They are a minority unnoticed when not abused.
21
posted on
10/23/2010 1:48:14 AM PDT
by
Louis Foxwell
(The American Revolution is just as unpopular with statists today as it was at our founding.)
To: Amos the Prophet
Their comfort is found almost esclusively in deaf communities.I never thought of that, but it's pretty obvious when you state it that way. I've worked with the homeless, at-risk kids, and kids with various mental health and emotinoal disorders, and what fascinates me is how many sub-cultures we have within the larger one. (Alcoholics, for example, are yet another one.) Thanks for your comments, you've given me something to think about.
22
posted on
10/23/2010 2:04:48 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Anti-abortion atheist, conservative Bostonian)
To: Darkwolf377
awesome really sweet made my day
23
posted on
10/23/2010 2:12:03 AM PDT
by
MissDairyGoodnessVT
(No more oil change for you and no more TIME Magazine covers =^..^=)
To: MissDairyGoodnessVT
I’m glad to read that. I’m a cranky-looking old dude who walks to work through a tough part of town and have never been bothered by the gang members who strut around here, yet I’ve probably watched that a dozen times. Just seeing the pleasure on the kid’s face is like a tonic.
24
posted on
10/23/2010 2:13:51 AM PDT
by
Darkwolf377
(Anti-abortion atheist, conservative Bostonian)
To: Darkwolf377
25
posted on
10/23/2010 2:15:00 AM PDT
by
MissDairyGoodnessVT
(No more oil change for you and no more TIME Magazine covers =^..^=)
To: Pan_Yans Wife
The Florida School For the Deaf is here in St. Augustine.
There is definitly a subculture, many deaf people don’t seem interested in joining society as a whole. There is some hostitlity towards implants, quite a few deaf people don’t want them for their kids. I think they are afraid of losing a child who can hear.
26
posted on
10/23/2010 2:20:09 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, A Matter Of Fact, Not A Matter Of Opinion)
To: Jim from C-Town
Prayers and condolences to you and your family. I’m so sorry.
To: Darkwolf377
I’ve had the same wonder, myself. I don’t know that there is an “easy choice” over sight or hearing. I think losing sight would be the most difficult to adapt to, and yet, to never again hear my children laugh with joy... that would be a special kind of pain that would be difficult to overcome.
The idea of losing one of my senses makes me that much more grateful that the creator gave me all five.
28
posted on
10/23/2010 8:54:49 AM PDT
by
Pan_Yans Wife
(Utopia is being foisted on Americans for their own good.-- J. Robert Smith)
To: Darkwolf377
I read once that Helen Keller had stated that if she could miraculously receive either her hearing or her sight, she’d choose to hear. She said being deaf made her feel very lonely.
29
posted on
10/23/2010 12:51:35 PM PDT
by
Nea Wood
(Silly liberal . . . paychecks are for workers!)
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20, 21-29 last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson