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This is not a big surprise considering Deaf community has a very unfavorable view of disabled people. A Deaf father of DeafBlind daughter ranted on Facebook about it last year, and then we got a DeafDisabled woman announcing about publishing her thesis focusing on ableism within the Deaf community.
Transcript:
Hello, Meredith here. I have noticed that many are starting to discuss the ableist view of “I am Deaf, not disabled,” and “I can do anything, except _________.” I honestly thought this day will never come. I am happy it is here! It is making me feel rushed to publish my thesis ASAP. Haha. My thesis discusses this very topic, in an autoethnographic way. I feel that I need to put out some quotes from my thesis, to give you a sneak preview of what is there. So, here it is:
“The term ‘disability,’ they claim, does not describe them because they are able to do things physically and mentally, emphasizing their able-bodiedness by showing and proving to society that they are capable of doing such,”(Burke, 2014, thesis submitted for grade)
“The purpose of this thesis is to show that the culture and the community of Deaf people and Deaf Studies do internalize ableist thinking and ableism. Through a critique of Deaf Studies scholarship and through an autoethnographic account of being deafdisabled1, this thesis challenges the idea that being Deaf is just a culture not at all the social model of disability. Deaf people consistently believe that the social model of disability does not apply to them in the same manner as people with disability. This thesis also challenges that disability is a biological reality and socially constructed as it applies to the Deaf,” (Burke, 2014).
“Additionally, when they define a Deaf person with a disability, deafdisabled, and/or see a hearing disabled person they shift into the idea of the medical model of disability. This is what I will call disability irony,” (Burke, 2014)
“This thesis hopes to promote a better understanding of how the absence of disability studies within Deaf Studies and the denial of disability enhances the attitude of ableism towards disabled and deafdisabled people. Deaf Studies and the community of Deaf people should be an example of acceptance. Their experience of oppression from hearing able-bodied, sighted and able-minded people should offer lessons on intolerant, discriminatory and unacceptably ignorant behavior. They should not turn their backs on the deafdisabled and disabled people but be an example to world of acceptance and appropriate human behavior,” (Burke 2014).
This is all from a couple of pages. I hope this will bring more positive discussion regarding this very topic. I also hope to publish it within a few months – a year.
Thank you!
Smiles big!
Hello, Meredith here. I have noticed that many are starting to discuss the ableist view of “I am Deaf, not disabled,” and “I can do anything, except _________.” I honestly thought this day will never come. I am happy it is here! It is making me feel rushed to publish my thesis ASAP. Haha. My thesis discusses this very topic, in an autoethnographic way. I feel that I need to put out some quotes from my thesis, to give you a sneak preview of what is there. So, here it is:
“The term ‘disability,’ they claim, does not describe them because they are able to do things physically and mentally, emphasizing their able-bodiedness by showing and proving to society that they are capable of doing such,”(Burke, 2014, thesis submitted for grade)
“The purpose of this thesis is to show that the culture and the community of Deaf people and Deaf Studies do internalize ableist thinking and ableism. Through a critique of Deaf Studies scholarship and through an autoethnographic account of being deafdisabled1, this thesis challenges the idea that being Deaf is just a culture not at all the social model of disability. Deaf people consistently believe that the social model of disability does not apply to them in the same manner as people with disability. This thesis also challenges that disability is a biological reality and socially constructed as it applies to the Deaf,” (Burke, 2014).
“Additionally, when they define a Deaf person with a disability, deafdisabled, and/or see a hearing disabled person they shift into the idea of the medical model of disability. This is what I will call disability irony,” (Burke, 2014)
“This thesis hopes to promote a better understanding of how the absence of disability studies within Deaf Studies and the denial of disability enhances the attitude of ableism towards disabled and deafdisabled people. Deaf Studies and the community of Deaf people should be an example of acceptance. Their experience of oppression from hearing able-bodied, sighted and able-minded people should offer lessons on intolerant, discriminatory and unacceptably ignorant behavior. They should not turn their backs on the deafdisabled and disabled people but be an example to world of acceptance and appropriate human behavior,” (Burke 2014).
This is all from a couple of pages. I hope this will bring more positive discussion regarding this very topic. I also hope to publish it within a few months – a year.
Thank you!
Smiles big!
) but one thing that they had to first overcome was the fact he was american lol! I didn't realise there were as many differences between BSL and ASL etc as there are! But they're fine, idk the specifics but I assume the differences are easily worked out.
