Deaf Meetup
Organized by meetup.com, go to deaf.meetup.com to sign up and vote on the location of the next meeting.
I am a little surprised by the welcome email I got from Meet Up. As far as I knew, hearing impaired is not considered an acceptable term for deaf or hard of hearing individuals. Actually, it is a pretty negative term. I suggest that caring individuals should email them an make them aware of the problem.
my response:
submitted 10/17/2002 via online webform
I recently signed up for the deaf.meetup.com in Baltimore, MD. I was extremely displeased to see the welcome email refer to members of the Deaf community as "hearing-impaired". This term is unacceptable in the Deaf community. The more accepted and preferred term is "hard of hearing". Please visit the National Association of the Deaf's website (http://www.nad.org/infocenter/infotogo/dcc/terms.html) for more information about terminology.
Thank you,
Suzanne Henderson:
written on October 14, 2002; modified on November 7, 2002.
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