The end of the story… or is it the beginning?
I don’t remember ever being described as ‘Christ-like’ before.
There was a considered and thoughtful explanation. But the starting-point for the person’s comment was a reference to the ‘sacrifice’ that I was making by choosing not to speak for a week.
Which, of course – if you think about it for just a moment – leads inevitably to reflecting on what British Sign Language users experience every day in their encounters with the hearing world. It’s obvious that if I’m ‘making a sacrifice’ by not using speech, it’s considered desirable to speak.
What happens if you don’t?
Well, here’s what happened to me. It’s a kind of insight into what Deaf people routinely face.
People immediately started treating me as if I were invisible. Their…
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