#Deaf

Audiologists, Twitter is full of deaf and HoH people struggling with OUR lack of understanding. We need to step up. Do you:1. Only book appts/confirm them over the phone? 2.
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The webinar hosted by @behearddc is mind-blowing. I cant unsee what I saw. I felt sick seeing & knowing the costs & phone companies’ profits while harming families & deaf/disabled
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With masks made mandatory in Melbourne and Mitchell Shire from Wednesday 11:59pm, anxiety is high amongst deaf and hard of hearing people. 1/12#MaskUpMelbourne #WearAMask This is because we’re anxious about
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No time is as great as right now to push for better accessibility for deaf & hard of hearing people. Down below are 3 easy ways to make the world
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Ok, since i’m trapped by a adorable cat on my lap here’s a thread on why expecting English captions to ASL videos is problematic — What most people do not
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#EileenDeservedBetter As a person who has a big chance of eventually becoming completely deaf due to multiple hearing disabilities and ear problems, that I already have. I would just like
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[Thread] Today I drove to the clinic, for an appointment that was cancelled just before lockdown.I went to the door and it wouldn’t open. A practitioner wearing a mask (who
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The comments in this thread are wild. “It’s called acting, people can act deafness.” Yeah, but they really can’t though and it’s rare to see it done well. Lemme explain
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Avoiding ableist language.A thread. We should be taught this in school, a lot of these words are used on tv, by celebrities, by a lot of people and it’s not
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As the UK arts industry fears for its future & how 2 work in new ways, disabled artists push back 2not B made invisible/forgotten. Consider how the expertise of D/deaf
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Architecture and Deaf Education:One of the themes from my dissertation data on deaf pedagogy is about the built environments in which it occurs. I'm finding that architecture is an instantiation
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I just saw a video that has been circulating and it broke my heart. A foster mom recorded a deaf, language-deprived six-year-old girl struggling to communicate one thing. She wanted
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I suppose there are two kinds of people in the world: those who deliberate whether they should say “pardon me” after passing gas, and those who are deaf. A thread
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A thread: One person’s impact can make or break another’s path esp #Deaf #Disabled #BIPOC #LGBTQ. #accessibility I was hoping to become excellent in plant physiology but the prof mocked
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Hi Deafies (and everybody). It's time to talk about privilege. I've been thinking a lot about Adichie's talk "The Danger of a Single Story" and how it applies to the
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I found this discursive article co-written by @DrDaiJestive & @drvickycrawley about their relationship in PhD supervisions as a deaf supervisor & hearing PhD student fascinating & so insightful! https://ldjournalsite.files.wordp
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