Knowing how respected the British TIMES newspaper is around the world, it was sad to read an article by columnists Caitlin Moran, taking a swipe at deafness.
"What other charities won’t I donate to? Ones dealing with heritage (posh people can take care of castles), maritime (I don’t hold with yachting), wildlife (donkeys, budgies, pandas – you’re all the same to me: very poor dinner-party company), and the deaf (is it really that bad?)."
Abi's response put the true perspective on this, albeit Moran ignored complaint from the deaf community.
"You clearly have no idea. I googled deaf mental health statistics and came up with a bunch of statistics for your perusal. By the way, I'm profoundly deaf and it exhausts me so much. Until you have put with with mainstreaming, never fitting in, struggling to socialise at Uni and coping with the demands of employment then you can say whether you think it is that bad.
70% of deaf people believe they have failed to get a job because of their deafness
64% have experienced communication difficulties at work and over 50% are unable to communicate with their hearing colleagues
60% were looking for another job because of their treatment at work
19% of deaf people are unemployed compared to 5% of non-disabled people
52% of deaf people felt they had been prevented from pursuing further training or education because of their deafness or lack of communication services
74% of deaf people said they were prevented from progressing at work because of their deafness
In 1999 8% of deaf full-time employees survey reported deaf earned less than the minimum wage compared to 1.1% of full-time workers in the general population
Research shows that the biggest barrier at work for deaf people is lack of understanding by employers of their communication needs."
Let them eat Cake Caitlin ?
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