psych.

“I am filling in a need that is all too sadly absent from the Deaf blogosphere, where extreme sensitivity, or should I say hypersensitivity, reigns, and nice words are equated with community and fellowship.”

huh??? Aussies don’t have a monopoly on bullshit detectors, buster. And your nationality doesn’t exempt you from arrogance either. There’s a difference between hypersensitivity, political correctness, genuine tolerance for diverse viewpoints, manipulation, and outright oppression. I can use nice but pointed words when arguing your points. You can use borderline inflammatory (“monotonous droning”) words to argue yours. We can stomp off in a huff to steam and stew until the next barrage. But we still have community and fellowship simply because we are both deaf and care about our communities and languages. whoa, what a concept.

I’m a fan of DP, and she did say it well, but she was totally wrong about the intention that CIs help deaf people to blend in with the larger society. As we all know, that might be the intention but it doesn’t always happen. The deaf child with a CI is still deaf and everyone knows it. Parents should be informed that the CI is not a cure. However, the CI may *possibly* make their lives easier, not because of less intolerance or discrimination, but because the CI is a communication tool. That’s all it is.