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.’
The assumption that #deaf people and those with severe hearing loss should be in work, off benefits BUT require no assistance in doing that is very wide spread.
The idea that we ‘self sabotage’ is common too.
I applied for Access to Work assistance back in October 2023 for assistance in the workplace with my hearing loss in my new job…so far absolutely big fat nothing.
I was told at school that my #deafness was not a reason for being shy and finding verbal communication hard.
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’
Deaf toddler can hear after world-first gene #therapy
A #British toddler who was born deaf has had her hearing restored by groundbreaking gene therapy. #Researchers say it marks a new era in the #treatment of #deafness.
#WhatchaReading ? Wow, the bleak moment in The Breakup Lists was even worse than I expected, though actually worked really well with the story arc. I found it overall a good read, though too repetitious and with a bit of a deus ex machina ending; I would've like to see the main character really pursue what he wanted.
Has what seems like very good #deaf representation, is very #queer , and very geeky about high school theater. And a sweet romance.