tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094367751822853180.post6948602962746523289..comments2023-10-04T10:16:33.551-05:00Comments on Life inside these hearing aids: Defining Disability - Part 1Lucyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00328812352563266020noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094367751822853180.post-79444569765827526682011-04-06T08:05:28.209-05:002011-04-06T08:05:28.209-05:00I'm ok with the term disability because I have...I'm ok with the term disability because I have met far to many people with disabilities that are so wonderful "ABLE". I also understand that for the time being, my freedom as an individual with disabilities is actually protected by this wording from the ADA. I, too, am not overly fond of the terms "hearing impaired". To me, that has more of a negative feel about it. <br /><br />Ultimately, I think whatever term one adopts to explain how hearing may be different for them - it all boils down to attitude. How we identify with whatever "label" usually mirrors how other people view us too. I've found that if I'm positive and upbeat about it and concentrate on the ABILITIES I have, people don't dwell on the disability. Great post...<br /><br />DeniseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094367751822853180.post-46442117229460595752010-10-26T08:35:56.556-05:002010-10-26T08:35:56.556-05:00I think that in being cognizant of my language so ...I think that in being cognizant of my language so as not to offend anyone, it is making me sensitive. I read a comment that one of my blogworld friends wrote. She described my daughter as "hearing disadvantaged."<br /><br />Disadvantaged? I don't think so. But this friend didn't mean anything by it. She was just searching for a descriptor and that's what all of these things are - words to describe the way a body works.<br /><br />Lots of people are using the term "differently abled". I'm not sensitive to the term "disability" so I think "differently abled" is pretty silly. <br />Still I'm a parent with no personal experience. Time will tell what my kid thinks about all of this.Joey Lynn Rescinitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06219074986338894660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094367751822853180.post-78669240075929336932010-10-25T22:43:23.334-05:002010-10-25T22:43:23.334-05:00Kym, I agree about hearing impaired. I'm not f...Kym, I agree about hearing impaired. I'm not fond of it either... and I'm with you Liz, it makes me cringe! It seems awkward and outdated and just plain icky! :)<br /><br />I don't see "disability" as a negative thing. It just is what it is. In my mind, it's just a neutral definition. I can see how some people would be turned off by it, though.<br /><br />Liz, I'm sorry you had a bad experience with your job interview. It can be hard out there to get a job when you can't answer phones. At least I remember feeling like that after college!Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00328812352563266020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094367751822853180.post-31218379949353008132010-10-25T15:24:51.196-05:002010-10-25T15:24:51.196-05:00I don't like the word hearing impaired much. I...I don't like the word hearing impaired much. I don't know why but I just cring when I hear that word or see that word. <br /><br />But disability does not offend me, because at the end of the day it is a disability. I have lost my hearing. I do not see the word disability as a negativity, but others see it that way, like when I had a job interview once years ago, which I had plenty of experience of, and enthusiasm. I mentioned this on my blog. I wasn't taken on. It certainly was my deafness that done that. But I have no proof, as I had the interview at the end of the day.Lizhttp://l1zblog.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4094367751822853180.post-57323191008984549772010-10-25T14:31:55.664-05:002010-10-25T14:31:55.664-05:00I HATE the word disability. I always say ability!...I HATE the word disability. I always say ability! I do not like hearing impaired either, I don't like to have my deafness sound negative, because it is not.<br /><br />:-)*https://www.blogger.com/profile/02433699256471235713noreply@blogger.com