Profoundly #deaf man awarded £50K after mistreatment by job centre staff
‘Although he had not met him and knew little of his background, the official advised colleagues that Rimmer’s deafness was not a significant barrier to work and suggested his complaints about lack of deaf-friendly support were a way of trying to wilfully “sabotage” efforts to help him find a job.’
I'd actually love to hear from actual #deaf or #hardOfHearing folks about what they think of this. It kinda looks gimmicky in a " who asked for this?" kind of way to me, but I'm a #blind person. I don't know if people have been looking for this but I'd really love to learn more :)
Don’t agree with everything in article, but this I do:
‘It’s important to be hopeful and to welcome medical advances. But what many #deaf people really want is much simpler: it’s funding for #BSL classes for parents; it’s a commitment from the government to allocate more resources to those with hearing loss, and it’s visibility in the media and correct representation in culture’