Cerebral Palsy is the biggest part of me. because of it, my right arm & hand don’t work well enough for some ASL that uses both. How do I get around this without making a mockery of ASL?
I also see myself as Autistic, although not diagnosed. I can hear, & it’s my most reliable sense, the other senses can get "fuzzy" if I feel any emotion too strongly, or am in physical pain. For a lot of Autistics, sight is their most reliable sense, so they may be most comfortable on EYEth, or live on Terra Autie, & visit EYEth on vacation.
FOR THE RECORD, HEARING PEOPLE, THERE ISN’T A USL; THEY TRIED, BUT NO! & oral only schools scare me spitless, because they teach the kids that signing Deaf people are stupid, or don’t try hard enough.
Someone who is "deaf" is physically deaf, but culturally hearing. (has hearing family,& is never allowed, or comfortable, to sign, or goes to an "oral only" deaf school, or maybe has an implant. "Deaf" people are culturaly & physically Deaf. Deaf kids may choose a Bilingual Deaf school. there’s even a Bilingual & Bicultural Deaf school in CA that welcomes the siblings of Deaf kids.If You are a hearing kid in a Deaf family, you are bilingual & bicultural.
Deaf & deaf people may find reading difficult because they "speak" ASL, or another Signed Language; NOT because they’re stupId! ENGLISH IS ITS OWN LANGUAGE, & ASL ISN’T "SIGNED ENGLISH!"
If I wanted to build EYEth on earth, here are some ideas, There should be amplifiers under the dance-floors, something to let Deaf people feel the music in their hands, colored lights that flash as the music changes, smells that tell the songs mood, & food to tell the style. (I swear Blues TASTES like BBQ & SMELLS smokey & Jazz is like gumbo) Deaf people only need to wear socks (only if they want, no one will say they can’t wear shoes) but all the hearing people would have to experience Deafness & be treated like crap before they could leave. Menus are signed, touch your flag & someone signs to you what the choices are to eat.
On planet EYEth, as many foods as possible are in clear containers, with picture lables. Still unsure what kind of nuts are in the bread you might buy? scan it, touch your flag, & someone signs it. D/B, or just want a sample? Okay, tasting is permitted.
If you are Deaf, please help me, a hopelessly inarticulate hearing person, know more about planet EYEth. if you’re not Deaf, how does it feel to be the "disabled" minority? next time you see someone with a differance of ability, remember, if everyone was like that you’d be the one disabled.
earth is round.
