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Deaf workers

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Many of us who are deaf and hard of hearing workers got the short term years of their experience job history.   I looked back in old times of years, I have met deaf who has good retired from their work.   This year, we not get any good or best retirement plan…reason economy poor and discrimination of deafness.  Why I did say discrimination of deafness is because of their communication and fear.

Communication is number one to understands.  Fear is second.  Many times, I heard they kept saying, “not know to deal with them.” and “can’t talk their language.”   Sign Language is like foreign language, Spanish or French.   Many people create the communication normal like always face with.    They have hire them for their motivation to work.   Not because they are deaf and cant speak their language.    Fear is everyone’s fear as always.  I know it is uncomfortable to meet anyone like that, but trust them as coworker.   Not just who they are.   They are alike normal human, race, religious, and gender.  

In old times, most of deaf jobs are like plumbing,  machinery,  and assembly.    Since my years in 70s to 2013 are different than I see in old times deaf workers does.   Deaf has degrees for Management, Doctor, Lawyer, and Businessman.   No one want them, they decide to work at retail stores or merchandise for part time.  Alot of them had SSDI (security social disability income) for their support and many time, they not like the idea because of their rejection of hiring on their experience history.    You know like hearing has Welfare for their support after laid off or no job. 

I have faced few interviews for the job and not find any that match my skills.  For example,  office duties, administrative support, and basically duty that no one wanted to hire me because of my deafness.    I worked in office for more than 20 years but some college credits with no degrees.   Hope that would help others and spread.

-DW

Church Goers

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I would make a vlog but seem my ASL isn’t clear enough.   I was telling about church and people who attends there.   In my past, I went to church in dressy code and no one would believe to wear the shorts or blue jeans but except farmers uses the overalls.   The Baptist would say, it is  illegal to wear jeans or dance.   I not know a lot of Catholic or Church of Christ myself, but heard few things of their beliefs and illegals, too.  I can not say no more.

Now I barely went to church but last Sunday morning, went to church with friends.   I looked around people before I would speak out that there is very flexible dress code and possible un-legal issue.    I just wore my pants and nice shirt, I believe it in right way but I admitted I wore blue jeans for church for Sunday nights in my youth years.  I seen few wear nice shorts and blue jeans in church morning…I watch the sign language interpreter who have tattoo on her forearm but not bad showing.  I knew few church has “rule” on people who have tattoo or their sex genders.

Why I said sex genders?  Because there is very tough for people who is in small community of church has written say, no tattoos, earrings, dress code, and genders.   A lot of church has open arms to anyone who need their care and support…to help them put back to their foot.   That church we been heard was bad example role for everyone that we been fighting for.   Of course they embarrassed me because I am baptist and am very flexible to wear jeans, has tattoos and who I am.   I disliked that chuch anymore, but I still stand for this church who support and open arms to anyone.

I met and seen pastors who are ex cons and has tattoos.  They are very aware and use their experience to show the role that no one has closed door for anyone who need us and our help.   I not see any wrong about them who are they or wear tattoos.    Also, met priest who is lady and preaching in God’s word like pastors do.   They are alike them and us…tattoos or genders.  They are very lovely people and us, too.   There is no enemies.

Love thy neighbors.

– DW

Deaf view of deaf

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Deaf do everything but hear.  There is varies of deaf view is because of their life are different.   All deaf who has deaf culture that been advocate with deaf.  Alot of people who are belated deaf does not know much of deaf culture.   For example, belated deaf adult say in basic of deaf culture and born as deaf knew alot of culture plus advocate. 

Basic is like english sign language and ASL.  They think english is better and ASL is slang plus expression.   I can understand but I listern to born as deaf speaks truth about ASL is better than english because of no expression in it.   Also they would say, deaf has little of disablity because of not hear.   Deaf ever will not agree with them because they CAN do everything but hear.   They would say deaf almost can drive, cook, and everything else.  Deaf ever will not agree with because they has history of famous deaf people in 1700’s and rest of years bare aware who they are now.

That give few good example of deaf and Deaf people. 

DW