Person: hey check out this video!

Me: (glances at video)

Video: *no closed captions*

Me: it dosent have closed captions

Person: Just use your Cochlear Implant and listen to it.

Me: it dosent work that well, i need closed captions to better understand it.

Peraon: lol quit being picky and bossy, do you know how much work it is to get closed captions on?

Me:… You just… Whatever. I’d like to know whats going on-

Person: its not that important. Stop bothering me about it.

Me: fine. Just dont share it with me if you wont bother explaining it at least.

the sad truth

Next time someone points out or ask about my cochlear implant, I’m gonna tell them that I’m part robot.

I’m a cyborg

OR turning off...

what do you call a person who has poor hearing?

what???

I SAID WHAT DO YOU CALL A PERSON WHO HAS POOR HEARING

But you can lip read right?

Yes, I can lip read but it takes a lot of strength and energy to figure out your mouth formation. Lip reading isn’t even 30% accurate.

It’s “Did the person say mat or bat?” or if you figure out some words it’s “The __ __ into __ __ and ___ behind the ___ ___” guessing game. We miss half the sentence so we just guess. “The dog ran into the house and hid behind the kitchen table?” When the person actually said “The cat walked into the house and hid behind the couch” Sometimes we misinterpret/hear what is being said. “How is the weather” could heard as “How are you?”

So when talking to someone who does lip read, don’t assume it’s a MAGICAL SUPERPOWER! Because it’s not. It takes a lot of energy from us trying to figure out the missing gaps. Don’t over exaggerate your mouth movements either. Speak slow, clearly and face us when speaking.

Also it’s extremely hard to lip read someone when…

1) They have a facial hair

2) Covering their mouths when talking

3) Chewing/having food in mouth while talking

4) Having anything near their face. Example: scarf, hand

5) Bad lighting in the area

6) Over exaggerating their mouth movements

7) Facing away mid-talking 

8) Mumbling

9) Barely moving mouth when speaking

What to do when you’re with someone who lip reads…

1) Make sure you’re in a good area of lighting. Ask if the person can see/read your lips before speaking any farther

2) Make sure you aren’t chewing anything while talking

4) Leave your hands away from your face

5) Have minimal facial hair possible. This especially when you know you’ll be communicating with a lipreader daily

6) Speak slowly, clearly. 

7) If they ask you to repeat, please do so.

8) Face them when speaking - this IS important of course.

“it would be impossible for this disabled character to be played by a disabled actor because of the things this character can do in this movie” well then maybe…… you fucked up in the writing of this disabled character……

also cgi exists. if you need your disabled character to walk for a couple of scenes use a body double and green screen. this can also be used for trans characters prior to transition.

if it’s possible to make chris evans look 5ft nothing and skinnier than a maypole then it’s possible to cast disabled actors for disabled characters

The Spy Kids films had disabled actor Ricardo Montalbán play the kids’ disabled grandpa, and in the third movie he was CGI’d into an Iron-Man style bodysuit that made him look like he was able to walk and take part in a high-speed futuristic car race and other action sequences. And this was in 2003. If a goofy kids’ franchise can do it using embarassingly bad early 2000s CGI, you have literally no excuse.

Headed for Scripps National Spelling Bee

are u ever in a group of people and u say something really stupid and everyone ignores it and you kinda just stare off into the distance for a few seconds thinking about how dumb you are

#deafpeopleproblems