http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/ Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 05 Jul 2008 21:19:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-266 Charles on… anything that comes along » Props to John Humphries on the deaf issue Tue, 11 Mar 2008 22:49:04 +0000 http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-266 [...] it’s only when you read the transcript with Humphries interviewing Mr Tomato Lichy (”that’s not a name, it’s a side [...] […] it’s only when you read the transcript with Humphries interviewing Mr Tomato Lichy (”that’s not a name, it’s a side […]

]]> http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-263 digitaltoast » Tomato Lichy, audism and eugenics. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:07:01 +0000 http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-263 [...] Here’s a transcript provided by Stop Eugenics. It doesn’t say what its stance is on this matter - I’m assuming it would be against embryo selection. [...] […] Here’s a transcript provided by Stop Eugenics. It doesn’t say what its stance is on this matter - I’m assuming it would be against embryo selection. […]

]]> http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-262 Response to John Humphries « Mike Gulliver’s Blog Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:29:29 +0000 http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-262 [...] by Tomato Lichy and Paula Garfield on Radios 2 and 4… and particularly by the responses from John Humphries who demonstrates perfectly the cross-purposes at which people are [...] […] by Tomato Lichy and Paula Garfield on Radios 2 and 4… and particularly by the responses from John Humphries who demonstrates perfectly the cross-purposes at which people are […]

]]> http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-258 Mishka Zena » Blog Archive » Eugenics Too Close To Home: Tomato Lichy, U.K. Activist Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:57:13 +0000 http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-258 [...] TL – But it’s not just me, you know, it’s the British Deaf Association and it’s the World Federation of the Deaf. Organisations led by deaf people, they all agree that deafness is not a disability. http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/ [...] […] TL – But it’s not just me, you know, it’s the British Deaf Association and it’s the World Federation of the Deaf. Organisations led by deaf people, they all agree that deafness is not a disability. http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/ […]

]]> http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-256 Transcript: BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show, Deaf Babies | Stop Eugenics! Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:08:38 +0000 http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-256 [...] BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show aired a programme on as a follow up to BBC Radio 4 Today this morning (see this blog post). [...] […] BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show aired a programme on as a follow up to BBC Radio 4 Today this morning (see this blog post). […]

]]> http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-255 Eugenics in UK: the debate suddenly takes off and hots up! « TigerDeafie Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:34:40 +0000 http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-255 [...] on this link to see a transcript of the interview, kindly produced by TeamHaddo. Hopefully the transcript of the [...] […] on this link to see a transcript of the interview, kindly produced by TeamHaddo. Hopefully the transcript of the […]

]]> http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-254 geejaybee Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:51:58 +0000 http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-254 Human being have evolved to be hearing mammals. Hearing is the typical i.e "normal" genetic trait. To be born without hearing is an an evolutionary anomoly, i.e a disability. To reject this is ludicrous and to equate it with being born black frankly offensive. Deaf people are accepted as equal in law and society at large, but many clearly feel the need to socialise and interact primarily with others in the so-called "deaf community". Yes there is certainly a deaf culture, but that is largely because deafness does restrict the range of activities and participation available. If I was in a meeting with 100 or even 10000 deaf people, I would likey be disadvanted because I cannot sign. What it wouldn't mean is that I am disabled.... the 10000 other would still have that status. Human being have evolved to be hearing mammals. Hearing is the typical i.e “normal” genetic trait. To be born without hearing is an an evolutionary anomoly, i.e a disability.
To reject this is ludicrous and to equate it with being born black frankly offensive.
Deaf people are accepted as equal in law and society at large, but many clearly feel the need to socialise and interact primarily with others in the so-called “deaf community”. Yes there is certainly a deaf culture, but that is largely because deafness does restrict the range of activities and participation available.
If I was in a meeting with 100 or even 10000 deaf people, I would likey be disadvanted because I cannot sign. What it wouldn’t mean is that I am disabled…. the 10000 other would still have that status.

]]> http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-252 » MEDIA WATCH: Hearing People Still Don’t Get It! Or Do They? No They Don’t! Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:59:09 +0000 http://stopeugenics.org/2008/03/10/transcript-the-right-to-be-deaf-bbc-radio-four/#comment-252 [...] expressed]. A Transcript for the programme, The Right To be Deaf (BBC Radio Four) can be found here, courtesy of the good folks at STOP EUGENICS. A transcript was brought to you by STOP  [...] […] expressed]. A Transcript for the programme, The Right To be Deaf (BBC Radio Four) can be found here, courtesy of the good folks at STOP EUGENICS. A transcript was brought to you by STOP  […]

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