not to change the subject, i just wanted to throw in my 2 cents....just wanted to let everyone know that people who are deaf dont mind the term deaf and would prefer it over the term hearing impaired. in the deaf community, "hearing impaired" is often taken as an insult because it is implaying that you NEED hearing to function and yours doesnt work, and because it doesnt work, you are lacking something, when in fact the only thing deaf people cant do is hear, so anyways, dont be scared to use the term deaf because its not considered derogatory
just my 2 cents from being fluent in sign language and having to take many deaf culture classes
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