Title: Hearing privilege and Deaf disempowerment • Access • Public Address
Headings: Access
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Access by Various artists
Hearing privilege and Deaf disempowerment
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Content: Hearing privilege is all-pervasive. Hearing people do not have to constantly explain and defend themselves. Hearing people can expect their parents, doctors, teachers, and community will share the same education, culture and language as themselves. Hearing people can expect that they will be represented accurately and fairly in the media. Hearing privilege is when hearing people decide what is best for the Deaf community without their input, insight, or consideration. When a hearing person represents a Deaf issue to the wider community, the optics are terrible. It suggests to the world that Deaf are not capable of representing themselves. It suggests that Deaf need interpreters and hearing intermediaries to interact with the hearing community. Utter nonsense. Deaf are proud to represent ourselves and we do not need any hearing person to speak for us.