This isn’t my story, but this story is closely related to my own story. I’m still working with Sarah Overstreet on my story, she’s still doing research and verifying what needs to be verified before she publishes it. Now that she published a column about the similar issues, I think I can now say who the “newspaper columnist” is that I’ve been dialoguing with. Look at the comments to her column. That just shows the hearing people really do not get it about how it is to be deaf. Can you carry on a real conversation… a REAL soul searching conversation by writing back and forth? And not get frustrated? That solution in the comment won’t do.
Another commented about how odd it is to be an interpreter in the same circles. That’s how small and interwined the deaf culture is. If you go to a deaf activity, chances are you will run into nearly the whole deaf/interpreter/CODA community in one place. It’s hard to not run into the interpreter. However, a counselor who works with the deaf understands the need to hang back from deaf social functions. That is what we need.
I am excited that Sarah Overstreet is going after Burrell in her column and calling them out, so to speak!
Sarah Overstreet is someone we are lucky to have on our side, as a deaf community. Let’s all give her a big shout out and thanks! *raises and waves hands*
