Idk if any1 will see this and to preface i am no way a professional or like super duper knowledgable in the deaf community and i myself am not Deaf or Hard of Hearing. I am a hearing person. I just want to share my experience. And also i am speaking from more of an american stand point cuz i know depending on culture and society it can be diff.
I see alot of ppl referring to Deaf people as disabled. From what i learned from my Deaf professor while learning ASL, the Deaf community doesn’t like being referred to as disabled because they don’t see themselves disabled. By that they mean that they are able to do everything an abled bodied person can in terms of basic needs and regular day to day. Now i know they cant hear music but they can feel vibrations and get the feel of it through interpretation. My Deaf professor was telling me that they see themselves as people who “speak” a different language and that being called disabled means that they need to be fixed but in fact the deaf community don’t feel like they do need to be “fixed” in any way. They just have their own culture and language. They have their own unique way to express emotions and there are very interesting and cool videos you can watch of Deaf poets. The way they sign poetry but also still have that feeling and emotion through sign is cool! Also the reason as to why i capitalize D in Deaf is because they are their own community and culture as well so its like when you capitalize America or Japan when you write about them (( in formal setting cuz typing casually i just be lazy to capitalize and punctuate smtimes lol)). Now i know that everyone has diff situations and in this manga the character loses his hearing suddenly and recently and i cant say much about him due to not being super duper familiar to Japans culture and societys views on the Deaf community. I just wanted to let ppl know abt what i learned from a person from the Deaf community. Also if you’re interested in learning more its really easy to search about it on ur own. (⌒▽⌒)
Idk if any1 will see this and to preface i am no way a professional or like super duper knowledgable in the deaf community and i myself am not Deaf or Hard of Hearing. I am a hearing person. I just want to share my experience. And also i am speaking from more of an american stand point cuz i know depending on culture and society it can be diff.
I see alot of ppl referring to Deaf people as disabled. From what i learned from my Deaf professor while learning ASL, the Deaf community doesn’t like being referred to as disabled because they don’t see themselves disabled. By that they mean that they are able to do everything an abled bodied person can in terms of basic needs and regular day to day. Now i know they cant hear music but they can feel vibrations and get the feel of it through interpretation. My Deaf professor was telling me that they see themselves as people who “speak” a different language and that being called disabled means that they need to be fixed but in fact the deaf community don’t feel like they do need to be “fixed” in any way. They just have their own culture and language. They have their own unique way to express emotions and there are very interesting and cool videos you can watch of Deaf poets. The way they sign poetry but also still have that feeling and emotion through sign is cool! Also the reason as to why i capitalize D in Deaf is because they are their own community and culture as well so its like when you capitalize America or Japan when you write about them (( in formal setting cuz typing casually i just be lazy to capitalize and punctuate smtimes lol)). Now i know that everyone has diff situations and in this manga the character loses his hearing suddenly and recently and i cant say much about him due to not being super duper familiar to Japans culture and societys views on the Deaf community. I just wanted to let ppl know abt what i learned from a person from the Deaf community. Also if you’re interested in learning more its really easy to search about it on ur own. (⌒▽⌒)