Friday, August 22, 2008

Damned for my difference!

I am Deaf, and yes it means i m disabled. But i dont see myself separated from society by that medical condition if you would call it. I use American Sign Language in my daily life and often read or write. Deaf Culture history shows we went through imperialsim, evolutionsim, and eugenicism, it s really amazing how we re still alive today and thriving!! I see alliances among professionalism, medicalization and bureacracy trying to move against individual rights. They are my enemy since I was their grand master geinea pig. Where was my ethnic rights and identity when I said no to CI? I am not what they thought I was. Deaf people like us has achieved in the last decade to expose natural ASL and has received widespread recognition. I must add that the public has been growing more aware of the FACT that deaf people have been discriminated against and denied access toward the nature and use of sign language. What more do we need to do? Perhaps one of those days Deaf Miliants will rise. Dogs tend to growl first before they bite. May I say more?