Deafhood, the scourge is here now....

Just when you thought it was safe....... For years we in the UK either ignored, laughed at, or generally and benignly indulged those who mentioned Deafhood or read a few pages of it, obviously this enforced our view deaf signers had no issue with English which is all it is in anyway....... we assumed most lived in Bristol or at the Deaf study enclave there, had hearing, or a few decibels spare, or were making money at it, by grabbing funds for cultural things instead of keeping deaf clubs or schools open where the culture base really was...... and what happened to Bristol Uni ? weren't they closing these people down ? Now it looks like an worthy deaf charity the BDA, an life long supporter of common sense and supporting deaf people, has officialy recognised this weird 'sect' up, and is bowing to this insidious alternative to equality, created by Paddy Ladd's ramblings.

I suppose any bandwagon British deaf still have rolling, is worth a punt (Definition: "Punt" means to gamble in British slang. If it's worth a punt, then it means the odds are reasonably good or it's worth the risk.). Will we now see the American approach to deafhood, where basic deafies are herded into various for and against deafhood camps ? Audism is an actual WORD ? God forbid ! Paddy Ladd as 'Deaf President Now !' ? we know what happened to the last one.....Take heart deafies.... Being a Brit I have complete faith it will NOT catch on here, and British apathy (for which we deaf are famous in the UK), will ultimately prevail. I would urge the BDA to stop playing to this silly gallery of divisions, take note of the hate it has created in the US of A, and get back to basics of support, not deaf politics which a charity should NOT be involved in anyway.

Deaf Genetics again ? After 8 years that got nowhere except some weird suggestion we should create MORE deaf people by choice once the option exists..... . One consolation, no-one joins the BDA any more... now they know why..... perhaps they are hoping for more members this way, which might prove pointless given they have nowhere to go.... Deafhood will make being deaf an academic pursuit where people talk about how deaf used to be, to people who are no longer deaf in that sense and cannot relate to it, however may be able to make a few quid at it.......

How many times can you reinvent a wheel ?