I am very much involved in deaf community being part of a sign language congregation, became an interpreter for a youth class of DSWD, and a volunteer in a vocational school led by DSWD. We visit deaf people to teach the Scriptures, as well as teaching them sign language because most of them did not have proper education, and never got the chance to learn their own language.
Hearing-impaired people are underprivileged. Only few of them has proper and decent jobs, most of them were unemployed. Some of them, though, are self-employed.
I want to bring them here, however, their way of thinking and understanding is different from hearing people. Only few of them can read and understand proper English sentences. They cannot construct sentences the way we hearing people do. They have their own grammar, which we call deaf syntax. So basically, they cannot understand what they can read here, and interacting won't be easy for them.
I want to bring and refer deaf people in Steemit, though it has its challenge. I am thinking of ways how to help them. I might help them to focus on photography and help them construct the proper sentences. Maybe, we can have deaf or hearing-impaired Steemian/s someday.
Note: Deaf communities in different countries or places vary. Therefore, my thoughts here might be different from others. Some deaf people attained higher education who might be very good in communicating with hearing people.
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