It is purely from my personal experience that I view America as being advanced in the sense that  we have the discrimination and disability laws, meanwhile Europe and a number of other countries being advanced in their attitude toward disablity issues.

Which do you prefer? Attitude or law? While we do not want to appear as taking our protection and rights for granted, I’ll have to say with the right attitude, such laws would not need to exist. In other words, the laws, such as the ADA, were written because poor attitude is so prelevant we cannot quickly erode its barriers.

How often have you dreamed of a world that was backwards, but to our advantage? Deaf people, along other “disabled” people, are no longer the minority, but the majority? Hearing people would instantly experience and feel what it’s like to lack accommodations they so take for granted.

There is a video illustrating this backwards world. While funny, the fact that it’s not an American commerical, but an European one, strikes me. The short video, I feel, amplifies the attitude which that makes discrimination laws not as needed as it is here in America.

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