I guess there are quite a few points to respond to there. One is that you look at this from the point of view of loss. You think what would it do to you if you lost your hearing? You see, I've never lost anything, I just work with a different set of tools. But the fact remains is that I am the one that is different from the majority and therefore I have to try to fit in. Assimilation rather than integration.
I don't think the problem lies with me and I don't know what I haven't got so I don't feel aggrieved about that. I do feel aggrieved about being reduced to a lower status, less deserving, not so valuable in society.
My world isn't silent but you wouldn't recognise it. The same way you learn to recognise sounds and what they mean, I do as well but the information I work from is far more ambiguous and patchy and misinforms a lot of the time.
I think some obscure sense takes over. I read people and interactions rather than listening. So sight obviously, but I have some talent in interpreting the meaning of what I see before me, although that still leads often to different conclusions than others seem to reach! Ad astra per aspera
although that still leads often to different conclusions than others seem to reach!
that dosn't mean you're wrong though, just because your in a minority. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
although you could just call the general view Institutional blindness. Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
But the fact remains is that I am the one that is different from the majority and therefore I have to try to fit in. Assimilation rather than integration.
Well, not so different. I think everyone has areas which they find difficult, and it's rare to get the consideration that might be wanted for them.
My expectations of sales and marketing people are so low that I'd be surprised if they did manage to remember to email you. Or anyone.
Sometimes it's not so much about people's inability to respond intelligently to someone with a disability, as to respond intelligently to anyone in general.
