IMAGINE YOUR LIFE WAS LIMITED. IMAGINE YOU HEAR NOTHING. I BET YOU WILL FREAK OUT AND ASK GOD “WHY ME, LORD? WHY?”
WHEN I FIRST TELL PEOPLE I’M DEAF, THE MOST COMMON REACTION I GET IS PITY. ”I’M SO SORRY,” THEY TELL ME. WHEN I TELL PEOPLE I AM STUDYING FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE, THEY ASK “ARE YOU DEAF?” IT WAS REALLY FRUSTRATING!
I AM MODERATELY DEAF; IN FACT I CAN STILL HEAR SOUNDS AND NOISES OF THIS WORLD. I HAD HEARING AIDS BUT I SELDOM WEAR THEM.
I AM CURRENTLY STUDYING FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE AT DE LA SALLE – COLLEGE OF ST. BENILDE AND I AM A STUDENT OF FSLLP BATCH 68. WE STARTED OUR CLASS YESTERDAY, JUNE 8, AND I HAD FUN. I MET A LOT OF HEARING AND DEAF PEOPLE. THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT OUR CLASS IS THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE DEAF.
ON OUR ACTIVITY YESTERDAY, I GOT 2 VERY GOOD’S. WE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR DEAF TEACHERS WHO ACTED LIKE PEOPLE WORKING IN JOLLIBEE, IN A HOTEL AND IN A CLINIC. WE COMMUNICATE TO THEM THROUGH GESTURES AND SIGN. IT WAS FUN!
I ENROLLED IN A FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE BECAUSE I WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH DEAF PEOPLE. I WANT TO SHARE THEM THE GOSPEL AND LET THEM KNOW WHO JESUS IS. I WANT TO LAUGH WITH THEM, PLAY WITH THEM AND MAYBE CRY WITH THEM TOO.
PEOPLE MAY BE DISGUSTED BY THE IDEA OF BEING DEAF OR MAYBE DON’T UNDERSTAND IT BUT PLEASE DON’T PITY US. DON’T FEEL SORRY FOR US. MANY PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE JUST HOW DIFFICULT DEAFNESS CAN BE. IT IS A HIDDEN DISABILITY, AN ISOLATING DISABILITY.
WHEN I FIRST TELL PEOPLE I’M DEAF, THE MOST COMMON REACTION I GET IS PITY. ”I’M SO SORRY,” THEY TELL ME. WHEN I TELL PEOPLE I AM STUDYING FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE, THEY ASK “ARE YOU DEAF?” IT WAS REALLY FRUSTRATING!
I AM MODERATELY DEAF; IN FACT I CAN STILL HEAR SOUNDS AND NOISES OF THIS WORLD. I HAD HEARING AIDS BUT I SELDOM WEAR THEM.
I AM CURRENTLY STUDYING FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE AT DE LA SALLE – COLLEGE OF ST. BENILDE AND I AM A STUDENT OF FSLLP BATCH 68. WE STARTED OUR CLASS YESTERDAY, JUNE 8, AND I HAD FUN. I MET A LOT OF HEARING AND DEAF PEOPLE. THE UNIQUE THING ABOUT OUR CLASS IS THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE DEAF.
ON OUR ACTIVITY YESTERDAY, I GOT 2 VERY GOOD’S. WE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE TO OUR DEAF TEACHERS WHO ACTED LIKE PEOPLE WORKING IN JOLLIBEE, IN A HOTEL AND IN A CLINIC. WE COMMUNICATE TO THEM THROUGH GESTURES AND SIGN. IT WAS FUN!
I ENROLLED IN A FILIPINO SIGN LANGUAGE BECAUSE I WANT TO COMMUNICATE WITH DEAF PEOPLE. I WANT TO SHARE THEM THE GOSPEL AND LET THEM KNOW WHO JESUS IS. I WANT TO LAUGH WITH THEM, PLAY WITH THEM AND MAYBE CRY WITH THEM TOO.
PEOPLE MAY BE DISGUSTED BY THE IDEA OF BEING DEAF OR MAYBE DON’T UNDERSTAND IT BUT PLEASE DON’T PITY US. DON’T FEEL SORRY FOR US. MANY PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE JUST HOW DIFFICULT DEAFNESS CAN BE. IT IS A HIDDEN DISABILITY, AN ISOLATING DISABILITY.