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Deaf Advocacy Cartoons by Tami Davidson
Many Thanks to cartoonist- Tami for working with Advocacy Support League on these advocacy comics.
You will find humor and much truth with these cartoons. ENJOY !
1) Despite what society believes
Lip reading still relies on much quesswork.
Almost 80% of everything spoken on the
lips is lost communication.
When it comes to full understanding of
what is spoken- whether it be in
a Doctor's office, interacting with
a Law Enforcement Officer or any daily
activity...are you willing to run the
risk of losing your civil rights
based on part of the communication ?
Missing one word can mean the difference
in medication errors or worse.
Don't Risk it.
2) The world we live in values the ability
to hear of paramount importance. Many Hearing
parents and others feel ashamed that their child
is deaf. There has been a ban on deaf
children using sign language because many
felt it was inferior communciation and not on the same
level as speaking. People like Alexander Grahamn Bell
campaigned actively against deaf using
American Sign Language. However, today many
babies are being taught to communicate with
their parents by using signs.
Signing is ok for hearing but was always
forbidden for Deaf...go figure !
3)Instead of providing Strobe
Visual Alarms - Deaf are treated
like second class citizens
The Americans With Disabilities Act
provides for deaf and hard of hearing
to be alerted in the most effective and
equal manner. This means that when a
hearing person is warned by a ringing alarm,
deaf have the same right to be warned
immediately as well. A visual strobe
light does that. People panic during
an emergency. Prime example:
Sept 11, 2001: World Trade Center and
the Pentagon > MASS PANIC- no visual
strobe alarms for Deaf and hard of
hearing, and clearly shows that a
better buddy is not human but a strobe alarm system.
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