5 Signs of Audism

Deaf people experience audism every day. It's time to change this.

[@oktaytayok]

THE MUSIC IN THIS IS SO SCARY😔😔😔

[@ericmann770]

what would be the best ways to eradicate audism, in your opinion?

[@commentsboardreferee7434]

Start by shrieking about sytemic audism and then try cancelling anyone that doesn't grovel for forgiveness.

[@nicholasfernandes3771]

@@commentsboardreferee7434 Or you know just, supporting the deaf people who suffer from this sort of thing and educate hearing people on how to treat the deaf?

[@robokill387]

Cancelling = giving any kind of criticism to privileged people.

[@laurajohnson1342]

Wait, the fourth guy. " You speak well for a deaf person." I don't understand. Pronunciation is difficult. How is giving a compliment an insult- I understand the "for a deaf person" is rude, but being that I teach pronunciation I compliment my students all the time, especially if the pronunciation is tricky or difficult. I genuinely don't understand and don't want to come off as an ass.

[@tomuria3857]

For those that recently went deaf after years of hearing it is rather annoying because people you know or strangers suddenly pay attention to your voice just because you are deaf like they never cared before, or they think “it can’t be that bad if they can talk properly” and they will disregard trying to use effective communication with you, and other times people won’t believe you’re deaf because “you don’t speak like a deaf person”. I could list other reasons but these are the few I’ve come across a lot. Side note: People often assume things and can become catty, dismissive, or frustrated when their idea of how the world works, doesn’t work.

[@commentsboardreferee7434]

God you don't even recognize that gross systemic audism that you're perpetuating. What a disgusting audist you are.

[@gwenneylon1058]

The phrase 'for a deaf person' is the problem. It is rude. If you are wanting to give a compliment, it should not come with any stipulation - just say "you speak well" or "your pronunciation is good" and leave it at that.

[@eclecticism3086]

What did the guy in the first example do wrong? His classmate couldn't hear a question he asked about homework so he's supposed to go hunt down an interpreter? Is this a joke?

[@mygl4490]

If he is in a classroom setting, then there is probably paper and a pencil near by. He could write his question? In general, I am not sure.

[@Garcia_Family_Travels]

It’s the “oh never mind” part of it. Not repeating or finding a way to get the question across and just dropping the subject all together, which brings in a breakdown of communication and leading the D/HH person to feel left out or “incompetent” in some cases.

[@eclecticism3086]

@@Garcia_Family_Travels Thanks for writing that. Now that you've explained it I can see where they were trying to go with the example. However, and I'm not trying to be sarcastic, they make it look like the girl is trying to be coy or play games with him. "Sorry, what did you say?" If I didn't know somebody was deaf I would think that they are telling me to repeat myself either slower or louder. Wouldn't it be more beneficial to state she has deafness or request he please write it down in her reply? Instead of telling the student that she has deafness, the example makes it look like she is trying to "let him figure it out on his own," which is a bit childish and disrespectful.

[@Garcia_Family_Travels]

Eclecticism in a school setting, most likely the hearing loss is known as the teacher may know he/she has an IEP that states that said student has a hearing loss, but depending on the age/grade level there could be a different level of support. In that case it should’ve been a “teachable moment” where the teacher could have either repeated himself again or point out other strategies for the student to use if they didn’t catch what was asked, which in this case it would’ve been the “ask to repeat” strategy, in which the “teacher” didn’t repeat and just dropped the convo. I see the confusion though, the Clip was pretty much a bad example. A better example could’ve been a group setting (social situation) and the girl didn’t quite catch the “joke” or convo happening at the time and asked to repeat again and then the guy responded with the “never mind” statement. I have a hearing loss myself, and the situation I described pretty much happens quite often to me. I have turned around and became a DHH teacher though to teach self advocacy skills to students.

[@oliviagarden9460]

Everyone these days has a phone, so he could’ve texted her, written it in a notes app, used gestures, written it down, etc