tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post6083195782194198399..comments2024-03-01T03:37:20.420-05:00Comments on I'M SOMEWHERE ELSE: Amanda Foresthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200794053287551087noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-74687144501325610072010-09-14T20:50:11.788-04:002010-09-14T20:50:11.788-04:00I'm reading this a few months late, but I want...I'm reading this a few months late, but I wanted to say, YES, I understand and agree with what you're saying.<br /><br />I'm deaf, I have attention deficit disorder, and some other conditions besides. But when I was younger, I was still nervous the first time I talked with a deafblind woman. In some ways, yes, being deaf did help me figure out a few obvious things like, "this person who happens to ride a wheelchair is still a person and can still be independent etc." But there were still all sorts of things that I did need to have pointed out to me, or that I did need to be educated about, before I "got it." And I think I was perhaps relatively enlightened compared to some deaf people. I've met some deaf people who just assume that people with intellectual disabilities, for example, are entirely unable to learn or are entirely helpless and dependent on others--and of course these things are not true. Deaf people with cerebral palsy may often experience rejection from other deaf people because other deaf people don't know how to understand their signs and don't have enough patience to try -- similar to how hearing people with cerebral palsy may also experience rejection from people without cerebral palsy who don't have the patience to try understanding their speech.<br /><br />People with disabilities may have an edge in learning to relate to people who have different disabilities from their own. But we are NOT automatically any more enlightened than anyone else about disabilities outside of our own experience. Not everyone is able to connect their own experiences with the experiences of others--sometimes they may need help noticing these similarities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-50397657073073272492010-05-04T21:17:39.740-04:002010-05-04T21:17:39.740-04:00I felt similar things about that post and the comm...I felt similar things about that post and the comments. <br /><br />I was going to post a comment about not looking people in the face but then I clicked through and saw that zhenya had posted something similar to what I was thinking and I was afraid of repeating something that didn't need or shouldn't be repeated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-65667857397647278292010-05-04T16:32:37.169-04:002010-05-04T16:32:37.169-04:00Hi Anna! I miss your blog. I hate emails but I mig...Hi Anna! I miss your blog. I hate emails but I might do it.Amanda Forest Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06284158336100298682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-73025024557380068642010-05-04T16:04:03.027-04:002010-05-04T16:04:03.027-04:00I don't think you're being a jerk by sayin...I don't think you're being a jerk by saying this at all. I <em>do</em> think it might not be a bad idea to email s.e. to discuss your concerns, because I know ou doesn't want to leave people with the impression I think you've gotten. But I don't want to speak for s.e. <br /><br />- AnnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466691337834051176.post-52779078462720062702010-05-04T12:24:03.715-04:002010-05-04T12:24:03.715-04:00Have you seen Body and Soul?
http://www.dianaandk...Have you seen Body and Soul?<br /><br />http://www.dianaandkathy.com/xinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04954733013018380971noreply@blogger.com