Audists or Audism Behavior? (Part II of II)

Thoughts (not entirely a summary but reflections):

As we are in the process of discussing the meaning of audism and to describe, not necessarily to label with haste, the common situations that many Deaf people have experienced because of their deafness, situations arise such as thinking that Deaf people shouldnt drive and shouldnt be a head of an industry. It even happens at home when experiencing dinner table quiet moments with families that dont use ASL or even any sorts of manual communication modes. This is when we can easily identify or describe a situation that is associated to audism.

It is true that we cannot communicate at all without some level of conceptualizing or labellings of the world around us. When I say the word 'audism or audists,' it covers an incredible diversity of different forms of situations. I am still only able to describe general features seen amongst that type of behavior, however, the label is not sufficient to describe an audist or an audism behavior.

Questions are raised to discuss different case scenarios whether if it is a case of audism.

Crucial elements to make it audism free for every Deaf child are also discussed.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Audism
• Deaf
• Oral

[KasiAda]

I wish I could understand it. I'm just learning ASL to teach my children, and without sound or caption I can't understand most of it yet.

[hartc7]

your vlog is precious!

[DeafGarf]

Barb, you sure did hit the spot with this topic. The truth, the whole concept is sort of a gray area when it comes to the specific defintion of audism. Yes, we all had the experiences and, of course, there are people who are stubborn with their own perspectives due to their ignorances. I wish they knew the whole story of our Deaf Heritage then they would know better. Keep it up, Barb, we all need to educate the ignorants until they accept our culture as a part of the world.

[adfcsumit]

wowow.. this is hard joh well. I am happy & learn u.. thanks.

[HappytoSign]

wow.. this is very powerful.. so important for the whole child.. as human race we need to focus on encouraging people to do their best .. society is so negative .... self esteem .. identy .. self worth.. I can I can I can focus on that.. I love this vlog.. thanks for sharing it with the world... I love to learn more and more eachday.. I think the whole problem with society is ignorance about other cultures.. there are so many different people in the word.. not one race or religion. thanks:)

[truevoiceofsanity]

now im watching on a computer wiyth sound

:)

I'm glad your video is silent.

I like your definition of Audist free.