tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post6504288071788224657..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Elevating Experience of CommunicationDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-5750808787755605332013-05-13T16:51:40.232-04:002013-05-13T16:51:40.232-04:00Rachel in Idaho,
Yeah, I get angry at that kind of...Rachel in Idaho,<br />Yeah, I get angry at that kind of rhetoric also.<br />People also seem to think it is tragic that us deaf people cannot hear people saying they love us. ExCUSE me. No, I don't HEAR it. But I certainly SEE people SIGNING that they love me. And I FEEL their touch when they hug me. And I FEEL their love radiating toward me when I read their words of love in an email. And so on and so forth. Hearing the words is just ONE way to receive someone else's message of love. Just like seeing their words is also just ONE way. There are different ways to communicate. And love feels pretty much the same no matter how it is communicated.<br /><br />People who assume that there is just one way to hug, or just one way to express love (with or without a hug) make me angry. But I also find it frightening. Because this is exactly the kind of rhetoric that leads to people devaluing the lives of people with disabilities (ie, arrogantly assuming that we have lost quality of life just because we no longer do certain things or experience certain things in the same way that THEY do). And that's the kind of thinking that leads to people assuming that it's better to be dead than disabled :-(.Andrea S.http://www.widernet.org/egranary/gdrlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-33173732686298671992013-05-12T21:51:07.204-04:002013-05-12T21:51:07.204-04:00That was great!!!That was great!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18089401326324543595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-20572517993255703702013-05-12T19:09:37.676-04:002013-05-12T19:09:37.676-04:00Good for you, Dave. I do believe he learned somet...Good for you, Dave. I do believe he learned something.<br /><br />Now, how do I NOT get myself insta-banned if I post my first comment to a blog I lurk at that has a Mother's Day post that includes, among other sad situations, how a guy who lost both legs in the Boston bombing (awful!) can't STAND UP AND HUG HIS MOTHER TODAY FROM THE CONFINES OF HIS WHEELCHAIR? Yes, apparently wheelchair users CAN'T HUG OTHERS and then there's the confined bit. Or do hugs only COUNT if you are STANDING? WTF???<br /><br />Yes, I'm venting, but I'm PISSED. Rachel in Idahonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-75505683793275438872013-05-12T15:26:46.186-04:002013-05-12T15:26:46.186-04:00Great interaction ... So glad you didn't just ...Great interaction ... So glad you didn't just let it go. I'm sure that made her day - and helped her teach her husband something important - <br /><br />And, it made me laugh ... thanks! :-) Tamarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624151975591059655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-22363639872696432462013-05-12T09:54:57.229-04:002013-05-12T09:54:57.229-04:00Thanks for the laugh!
She is an excellent communic...Thanks for the laugh!<br />She is an excellent communicator but the husband got it which says something about him too - teachable, he is teachable.Colleennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-18023259856910749292013-05-12T06:31:12.267-04:002013-05-12T06:31:12.267-04:00Love it! <3 <3 <3Love it! <3 <3 <3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com