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#－.－) people treat me the same way because I use a wheelchair most of the time. It is either people who approach me out of pity or they just stare... some feel like they have to do things for me,when I am perfectly capable on my own. Sometimes people ask if my mom is my 'helper' and just ask my mom questions about me like I don't have the mental capacity to hold a conversation... even if I try and talk to them, they just ignore me and talk to whomever is pushing me.
...honestly some people only talk to us to boost their own image and its sickening.
So, I can really relate with this chapter. （￣へ￣）
(I'm a 16 year old girl btw)
this chapter is really important to me tbh because it really just calls out people who baby deaf people. honestly these kind of people think they're helping when they're pitying them but in reality they're just demeaning them for something that literally does not matter. most deaf people live their day by day life completely normally. learning sign language, about deaf culture, and all that stuff is very important, but don't pity people. instead, work more towards making things accessible for deaf people (ie public events having asl/sign language translators, subtitles as theaters, just learning sign language in general) instead of being like "oohhh poor you. it must be so hard trying to live. stay strong!!"