A few days ago, I was reading this book "Of Sound Mind" by Jean Ferris... A youngster book, I would said... ermmm YES, I am young... hahaha... It is about a hearing kid borned into a Deaf family with both parents are Deaf and having a Deaf brother...
He did a lot for the family, interpretion, taking care of the family and so on... There was this part in the book which his father had a stroke and was sent to the hospital... I was extremely angry when I read it... The doctors could figured out what his wife is trying to tell them... The hospital have no idea that the patient is deaf and assume that his unclear speech was an aftermath of the stroke attack. They do not have interpreter available in the hospital.
I started to view these again and again... How often did the public remember the people with disabilities? How friendly is Singapore? Are moving towards a society in which people around us notice our uniqueness? Why can't the society view us, the special one, as they do for other people? OR IN FACT, we are so much better than them as we overcome ourselves...
PS: This entry is written at the point when I was quite angry about the society.
He did a lot for the family, interpretion, taking care of the family and so on... There was this part in the book which his father had a stroke and was sent to the hospital... I was extremely angry when I read it... The doctors could figured out what his wife is trying to tell them... The hospital have no idea that the patient is deaf and assume that his unclear speech was an aftermath of the stroke attack. They do not have interpreter available in the hospital.
I started to view these again and again... How often did the public remember the people with disabilities? How friendly is Singapore? Are moving towards a society in which people around us notice our uniqueness? Why can't the society view us, the special one, as they do for other people? OR IN FACT, we are so much better than them as we overcome ourselves...
PS: This entry is written at the point when I was quite angry about the society.

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