Audism Unveiled

Shannon and Star discuss audism

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People & Blogs

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• Deaf
• ASL
• audism

[DeafPoet2]

Great vlog and sharing experiences with Audism and how it's still going on...esp with children who's "slow" and being ignored or not getting much help as others who's "smarter", which isn't fair. Unbelievable shocking yet sad stories you shared about other people's experience and some accepted it like "that's life"...nooo nooo, it doesn't have to be that way. Much teaching is needed to spread around to be more aware and more sensitive to others' needs. Thanks for this great vlog! Happy Holidays!

[DEAFWOMYNPRIDE]

Hi DeafPoet! Absolutely!!! Stories must be shared! And you're right, it doesn't have to be this way... there's a lot of work to be done! And we *CAN* do it! You too! Happy Holidays!

[AudismFreeAmerica]

Greetings DEAFWOMYNPRIDE,

thank you for sharing your audism experiences and valued it. It is positive awareness for our Deaf and Hearing community to understand what is Audism and our journey experiences. We could work all together preserve our soul/language and change for our future. This needs to be share and inspire in our Deaf and ASL roots what we have been through in oppression experiences. It is time to stop and change the system.

Let Freedom Roll! Ruthie on behalf of AFA-

[DEAFWOMYNPRIDE]

Hi Ruthie! It's interesting to watch people process their understanding of audism and how it happens to us in everyday life. This is just one, but there are many stories out there and it's important for all Deaf to share stories as we come to understand the concept of audism is. Once it's understood and defined, then there's something to fight to overcome! I agree with you! It's time for change!

Star

[aguabo]

Wish I could join you for a cup of tea, seem cool people to chat with... Yea, let's develop this chain of "Audism Unveiled" stories... My vlog .. coming up soon.

Star, you look like one of my friends, Marla.

Totally !

[DEAFWOMYNPRIDE]

Smiles! Likewise! Will look forward to watching your vlog!

And (this is Star)... yes, I've been told I look like many many people... Darn that mailman! *wink*

[Salticid68]

I went to PPD for a summer job. They looked down and were very disencouraging. I didn't get a job there. I can't image that it's at Gally! I often went by cleaning ladies at the Peet Hall, I almost always saw their strange smiles and gray water in mop buckets. I didn't think about it until several years later. I finally realized that they didn't change water every day as they should have. Maybe that's why colorful tiles on the floor seemed so drab & vibrant-less and students got sick too often?

[Salticid68]

Wow, I haven't thought that I was a "pet" to my extended family. Audism do happen at Gally in 90s!!! The head of biology department was young and taught students at a biology lab as if we were in middle school. I had Deaf biology professors at other times, I learned like 20x more from them than the hearing professor. One of the Deaf professors was in her 80s-90s yrs old. She was still very brilliant and even caught up updating news. She deserved to be the head. (Pt 1)

[76whatever]

Hey i just watch you and star . Hey can you will call us my vp tonight i will let youy know why not who had a been suffer about aduism can put on video wiht you copy vcr ???

[sewtack]

thanks for sharing. recently assigned a grp to research on AUDISM and give a brief presentation on that topic. wish i saw ur video before the deadline as i would have referred em to see ur comments! maybe next time.

[pdurr]

awesome vlog

thank u both

peace

patti

[DEAFWOMYNPRIDE]

If hearing children were given the same quality of education as a deaf child: a teacher who is barely fluent in the language, or an educational interpreter who can barely interpret complex academic concepts in the classroom, heads would roll! Yet this is the reality for many Deaf children and it goes on, under the radar because of lack of knowledge about, or respect for, ASL as a real, grammatically complex language and the language of instruction for Deaf children.

[DEAFWOMYNPRIDE]

And we applaud you for educating yourself, and for defending your daughter's right to her natural language, ASL! It is frustrating to have to fight for many of the services, including a quality education in public schools that their hearing counterparts get automatically.