http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2005-08-18/i-am-not-hearing-impaired/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:53:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2005-08-18/i-am-not-hearing-impaired/#comment-880 mickie Mon, 17 Apr 2006 18:12:08 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/chris-kaftan/2005-08-18/i-am-not-hearing-impaired/#comment-880 AMEN! i absolutely detest that terminology. i am now hearing impared. I AM DEAF!!!! because i cannot hear does not make me less of a woman that a hearing person. I would never trade my deafness. not for the world. That is an offensive term and should be banned. rather like the word f@#$, it is simply RUDE!!!!! AMEN! i absolutely detest that terminology. i am now hearing impared. I AM DEAF!!!! because i cannot hear does not make me less of a woman that a hearing person. I would never trade my deafness. not for the world. That is an offensive term and should be banned. rather like the word f@#$, it is simply RUDE!!!!!

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