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Sign Language
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Most Deaf kids have home signs; they develop their own ways to get what they need. I have my own, too. My colleagues in the science fiction world who sign can get my attention, can communicate with me if they really need to. A lot of the signs we use aren't "real," but they're the ones I use, and that's why we use them together. (Page 33)
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― Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism
― Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism
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The English language is perniciously ableist. We speak in metaphor that constantly puts down disabled bodies, with phrases like "turning a blind eye" and "it fell on deaf ears" falling from our lips so easily. People often tell me it's not that big of a deal. But, of course, if you've been listening to your language make you sound stupid, ignorant, and useless for your entire life, when you've made a profession out of the craft of language, you cannot help but find pain in the ways that language
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― Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism
― Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism
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