News & Articles » Article #1: "Audism" by George Ketcham Whenever a school, institution, or a deaf-oriented entity hires a teacher or an administrator that doesn't know ASL, is an act of audism due to the fact that it is an arrogant assumption that hearing people know what's best for Deaf ... sponsors, and activists believe that deafness itself is a disability. It suggests a mindset that all the 'disabled' people belong together, away from the usual society happenstances. That's discrimination, as well as a form of audism. ... News & Articles - http://nefad.org/wp2/ |