#deafawareness

[kalethemonster]

what neurotypical abled people cant seem to get into their heads is aids and medication dont stop people from being neurodivergent and/or disabled. hearing aids dont stop deaf or hard of hearing people from being deaf or hard of hearing, it just makes hearing easier mobility aids such as canes or crutches dont stop people with arthritis, chronic pain, or just general mobility issues from having arthritis, chronic pain, or just general mobility issues, it just makes getting around easier

pain medication doesnt stop people with chronic pain stop being in pain (specifically in the long term), it just makes pain management easier

fidget & stim toys and fidget & stim jewelry dont stop people with anxiety from having anxiety, adhd-ers from having fucked up exectutive function, and autistics not being able to automatically regulate emotions and sensory responses, it just makes dealing with them all easier

various adhd medications doesnt make people not have adhd anymore, it just makes it easier to regulate their executive function.

anxiety medication doesnt get rid of anxiety, it just makes it easier to deal with.

white canes and sight specific service animals dont stop blind people and people with sight impairments from being blind or having sight impairments, it just makes living with them easier.

trauma and emotional support specific service animals dont stop people from having trauma and emotional issues, it just makes dealing with them easier

anti-depressants dont stop people with clinical depression from being depressed, they just make it easier to deal with by stabilizing mood.

immune suppressants dont stop people with any autoimmune condition(s) (such as crohn's, psoriasis or psoratic arthritis, rhumitiod arthritis, myasthenia gravis, fibromyalgia, ect.) being affected in any way affected by their autoimmune condition(s), they just make living with the condition(s) easier.

medication and aids arent magic. they dont make the disabled and/or neurodiverse person not disabled and/or not neurodiverse, they dont entirely cancel out the thing they are used/pescribed for, they just make it easier to exist in a world where whats considered "normal" or "independant" or "a regular human being" doesnt automatically include them.

#kale is at his serious table #kale will rip out teeth #disability #disabled #actually disabled #disability rights #neurodivergent #neurodivergence #adhd #autism #autoimmune #chronic illness #chronic pain #deaf #deafawareness #blind #blindness #visual impairment #disability advocacy #neurodiverse advocacy #disability awareness

[tumbleweedmemethemes]

Helluva Boss Mammon’s Magnificent Musical Mid-Season Special (Ft Fizzarolli) storyboards

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[batterwing]

Happy Deaf awareness month to:

D/deaf people who use sign language

D/deaf people who use spoken language

D/deaf people who use spoken language and sign language

D/deaf people who use AAC

D/deaf people who aren't fluent in sign language

D/deaf people who are learning sign language

D/deaf people who lip-read

D/deaf people who have comorbidities

D/deaf people who don't have comorbidities

D/deaf people who are physically disabled

D/deaf people who aren't disabled

D/deaf people who are mentally disabled

D/deaf people who are intellectually disabled

D/deaf people who are sensory disabled

D/deaf people who are deaf and blind

D/deaf people who go to speech therapy

D/deaf people who don't go to speech therapy

D/deaf people in special education classes

D/deaf people who need an aide

D/deaf people who need an interpreter

D/deaf people who use transcription

D/deaf people who use FMs

D/deaf people who are forced to use aids they don't want

D/deaf people who can't access medical care

D/deaf people who go to Deaf schools

D/deaf people who grew up in Deaf culture

D/deaf people who grew up in hearing culture

D/deaf people who grew up in hearing and Deaf culture

D/deaf people who make Deaf art

D/deaf people who make music

D/deaf people who love music

D/deaf people who use hearing aids

D/deaf people who use CIs

D/deaf people who don't use hearing aids or CIs

D/deaf people who have Deaf family

D/deaf people who prefer the term hearing impaired

D/deaf people who prefer the term hard of hearing

D/deaf people who prefer the term Deaf gain

D/deaf people who prefer the term Deaf

D/deaf people who prefer the term deaf

And to all D/deaf people, have a good September from your local Deaf person <3

#deaf #disability #disabled #deaf awareness #deaf awareness month #hoh #actually deaf #actually hoh #hard of hearing #disability rights #deafness #deafawareness #disabilities

[animentality]

#twitter #a silent voice #anime #deafculture #deafawareness

[cherry-pop-elf]

George Weasley is Disabled, and it’s frustrating how easily people just brush it off or ignore it. So, imma fight that

🧏🏼‍♂️

George Weasley Headcanons For After The War

He started to pick up sign language, and often uses it when talking to the young students who come into the shop. His sign name is “Orange Twin” Since orange is his favorite color

He gave Fred the Sign name “Purple Twin” by Proxy

He has a habit of leaning a lot. As to focus his good ear at people, in order to hear them

He rarely sleeps on his right side, because it cuts out all sound. And since he is a victim of fighting a war, he suffers paranoia from his PTSD. So dead silence is a no go

He’s rather self conscious about his missing ear, and will try and style his hair to hide it

It’s also a painful reminder that he isn’t identical to Fred anymore. In a morbid way, a physical reminder Fred is no longer with him. Not even in his own reflection

Given what spell that claimed his ear, Sectumsempra, he has multiple scars on the side of his head. Which also cut into his hair, and cheek. So he had to grow out his hair a bit, in order to hide them

He developed a real hate for things being to quite, so he’s always having some kind of noise playing. He just can’t sleep if his bedroom is to quiet. He just won’t

He makes jokes, and acts like it doesn’t bother him. More so because of other people than his own comfort. He was always the guy to make everyone else feel better. So he kinda bottled up the side effects of the trauma it gave him

He has phantom pain, so it’s not uncommon to see him rubbing the side of his head. As if his ear was still there

A real way to his heart is to kiss the scars on the side of his head. It makes him feel not so gross. It’s also something Fleur has done with Bill, so it triggers just that side of his brain to say “I am loved”

Kids often times point it out, but a child doing it never bothers him. It’s a case to teach them, and encourage their curious nature. If an adult does it? He gets very uncomfortable very fast.

George Weasley is a disabled man, and that’s ok. Disabled people exist, and he’s a man that survived a war. You can be young, and disabled. You can be pretty and disabled. Disabled people exist

#harry potter #harry potter magic awakened #hpma #magic awakened #disabled george weasley #george weasley is disabled #George Weasley #Mr. Weasley #Mr Weasley #weasley wizard wheezes #george weasley headcanon #harry potter headcanon #we need more disabled rep #disabled people exist #it’s ok to be disabled #george weasley is deaf #deafawareness #deafness #deaf George Weasley #hard of hearing #headcanon #disabilities aren’t a aesthetic #disabled representation #we need more disabled representation #disabled writer #disabled person writing disabled people

[todayontumblr]

Saturday, September 23.

International Day of Sign Languages.

It is Saturday, September 23, but it is no mere Saturday, September 23. It is International Day of Sign Languages, no less. This one is for the deaf community, the hard of hearing the mute, the semi-speaking, the hearing impaired. For all those, in fact, under this wide and vibrant umbrella, we wish you a very happy IDSL, today and every day.

The day's commemoration, in a nutshell, via the United Nations:

The International Day of Sign Languages is a unique opportunity to support and protect the linguistic identity and cultural diversity of all deaf people and other sign language users. During the 2023 celebration of the International Day of Sign Languages, the world will once again highlight the unity generated by our sign languages. Deaf communities, governments, and civil society organizations maintain their collective efforts - hand in hand - in fostering, promoting, and recognizing national sign languages as part of their countries’ vibrant and diverse linguistic landscapes. 

Wishing you a happy celebration folks across Tumblr's rich and talented sign language community. Thank you, folks, and enjoy the weekend.

#today on tumblr #deafawareness #deaf #deafculture #deafpride #deaf culture #deaf community #ASL #sign language #hard of hearing #hearing impaired #hearingloss #deafness #IDSL #mute #mute community #semi speaking

[a-common-wybie]

deaf people deserve friendship, they shouldn’t automatically be at a disadvantage just because they are Deaf

#deaf #actually deaf #disability #hoh #wybie speaks #cripplepunk #deafculture #deafpride #deafawareness #deafness

[always-reading]

Deaf regulus black and CODA James potter>>

#marauders #james potter #regulus black #jegulus #deafawareness #deaf regulus black #CODA James Potter

[nikredd]

Favorite side character in Insomniac Spider-Man 2

Hailey Cooper

#insomniac spider man #spiderman 2 ps5 #hailey cooper #marvel's spider man 2 #adorable cat #deaf #deafawareness #hailey is so relatable character

[onlytiktoks]

#tiktok #asl #american sign language #deafawareness #deafculture #deaf awareness #deaf and hoh #sign language #interpret #sign language interpret #disabled life #disabled lives matter #disabled #disability #disabled is not a dirty word #equal rights #equal access

[malwaredetected]

rant: GIVE US DEAF AND HOH CHARACTERS!!! RB IF YOU SUPPORT THE DEAF COMMUNITY!!!

WE NEED MORE DEAF AND HOH REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA!!!! as a person who is hoh (almost totally on my left ear, like 50% on my right ear) and uses hearing aids in everyday life, i like NEVER see any characters in tv shows who are deaf/hoh!!!!!!! IT MAKES ME SO MAD AAAAAA because like, it kinda feels like tv and stuff only remembers we exist when it's convenient or they need a character trait to give to someone with no personality, and even that basically never happens. name one deaf or hoh character. yeah.

so please please PLEASE make deaf or hoh ocs!!! headcanon your favs!!! if you make original content, add a deaf/hoh character without making it their entire personality!!! it would literally make my day to see someone acknowledge the existence of deaf/hoh people like me. i don't usually ask for interactions, but i really need some confirmation from hearing people. reblog if you aren't deaf/hoh but support hoh pride and the commuity <3

- a hoh teenager

#deafawareness #hoh #hard of hearing #disability representation #hearing aids #disability #actually disabled #deaf #deafculture #deaf community #deafness #rant post #rant

[girlboy-frankensteins-monster]

this is a petition to add british sign language to the uk national curriculum. if you could sign (uk residents only) or reblog that would be really helpful :)

#bsl #british sign language #deaf #sign language #deafawareness #petition #uk politics #uk #disabled #also just to clarify this isn't my petition i'm just sharing it #mine #edit: fixed a typo that i hadn't noticed up until now somehow so sorry about that

[aesthetically-dying101]

TW vent abt some ableist shit i got hit with today (maybe?) i need advice

This is a genuine question to every disabled person on this app cause idk if i'm the one going insane, but basically i was sitting at lunch with some friends today, and this other girl i didn't know (jessica for the sake of online privacy) started talking to me.

Then she pointed out my hearing aids (signa, they're pretty discrete but are visible) and asked about them.

So i explained my disease and my nervous damage and whatnot... (i'm hard of hearing, as in 80% loss in my left ear, 70% in the other)

She then told me she related to me, and for a second i genuinely thought she was either deaf or hoh... BITCH I WAS SO WRONG

She told me that during this summer she went scuba diving and water got stuck behind her eardrum. (she has no issues now, she recovered 100%)

So she knew how i felt, she then went on a tangent about how hard it is to lose your hearing.

???

Is it wrong that this pisses me off??? Like you can't relate to me?? You barely understand what it's like to lose you hearing.

So uh yeah, this feels so weird to say to someone who's disabled, like idk, to me it feels like telling someone who's lost a leg that you relate to them bc you broke your leg.

Yeah anyways, am i being dramatic? Cause i feel like i'm justified but it could be coming from a nice place?

#hard of hearing #deaf #deaf community #deafculture #deafawareness #hoh #genetic disease #disabled #disability #actually disabled #i need advice #hearing aids #hearing loss #aita #i guess #i really need advice #cause idk how to react #cripplepunk #cripple punk #ableist bullshit #maybe? #i think #i'm not sure though #i'm not sure yet

[its-stimsca]

Deafness Pride Rabbit

by mysterious.brand on TikTok (original video deleted)

#stim #yellow #gray #grey #deafawareness #deaf #deaf pride #rabbit #bunny #plushie #stuffed animal #hand #gif set #my gifs

[ametistapp]

What do verbal, hearing people have against sign language?

I'm a hearing-able and "usually" verbal person, but since I'm autistic I sometimes go into verbal shutdown.

Both because of that and because I simply find sign languages to be important languages that should be more normalized around the globe, I really wanted to have the opportunity to learn my country's sign language properly.

However, whenever I mention that to certain people, they'll tell me it's useless and pointless because I don't know any deaf, hard-of-hearing or nonverbal individuals.

Like????? Excuse me?????

I don't know about other countries, but we don't have the chance to learn sign in Portuguese schools and I personally think we should be taught to communicate easily with everyone in our own country before being taught how to communicate with foreigns.

Sign languages are languages like any other. When my friends chose to learn French and German no one told them it was useless because they don't know any French or German people, so what's the big deal with sign language?

I apologize to any and every deaf, Deaf, hard-of-hearing, non-verbal or semiverbal person reading this for how rude some jerks out there can be.

(Also, sorry if hearing-abled isn't the correct term, I can’t really find an answer anywhere)

#sign language #Portuguese sign language #verbal shutdown #deafawareness #nonverbal #hard of hearing #autism #asd #autism spectrum disorder #portugal #normalize sign language