Being deaf is something difficult to deal with. Deaf face many challenges during their lifetime. However, the real challenge is to fit in. It’s hard to be different from everyone else. Sadly, many deaf don’t have friends in their life, leaving them alone to face their own battles. This is a list of thirteen tips of being friends with someone deaf.
Tip 1: When someone tells you, “I’m deaf” they do not mean:
Please leave me alone.
You can only talk to me through an interpreter.
I have no interest in talking with you.
I can’t understand you.
It actually hurts their feelings when people do that. They WANT you to talk to them. Just because they’re deaf, doesn’t mean that they don’t want to get to know you. They don’t get upset about it but it’s disappointing to be brushed-up, ignored and overlooked. Also, deaf people communicate with hearing people in a daily basis without an interpreter. Deaf know how to take care of themselves in all different kinds of situations. They do this by facial expressions, gestures, mouthing words, and body language: …show more content…
It does get annoying to them that you switch on and off in front of them. You might feel you’re equal or the same like them. They don’t get to turn their deafness on and off. When doing this experience you’re going to experience the negatives but you want to focus on the positives. You can still hear and you’re not ashamed of it. The same for those who are deaf, they’re not ashamed of it. They’re not mad that you can hear. When doing this experiment, just wearing ear plugs for a week doesn 't give you the full experience. They have to deal with this everyday of their lives. This is something more deeper, emotional, and psychological than you can imagine. Only those who are in their shoes can understand how it truly feels like. This experience is not something bad or offensive. It’s a chance for you to experience a bit of what they go
Tip 1: When someone tells you, “I’m deaf” they do not mean:
Please leave me alone.
You can only talk to me through an interpreter.
I have no interest in talking with you.
I can’t understand you.
It actually hurts their feelings when people do that. They WANT you to talk to them. Just because they’re deaf, doesn’t mean that they don’t want to get to know you. They don’t get upset about it but it’s disappointing to be brushed-up, ignored and overlooked. Also, deaf people communicate with hearing people in a daily basis without an interpreter. Deaf know how to take care of themselves in all different kinds of situations. They do this by facial expressions, gestures, mouthing words, and body language: …show more content…
It does get annoying to them that you switch on and off in front of them. You might feel you’re equal or the same like them. They don’t get to turn their deafness on and off. When doing this experience you’re going to experience the negatives but you want to focus on the positives. You can still hear and you’re not ashamed of it. The same for those who are deaf, they’re not ashamed of it. They’re not mad that you can hear. When doing this experiment, just wearing ear plugs for a week doesn 't give you the full experience. They have to deal with this everyday of their lives. This is something more deeper, emotional, and psychological than you can imagine. Only those who are in their shoes can understand how it truly feels like. This experience is not something bad or offensive. It’s a chance for you to experience a bit of what they go