Accessibility minister's comments about ASL interpreter a 'knife right in the back' for deaf graduate
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Accessibility minister's comments about ASL interpreter a 'knife right in the back' for deaf graduate | CBC News
A woman who was excited to celebrate with her family at a graduation event for Indigenous women on Thursday says it's hard to look at her college certificate after the experience was tainted by comments Manitoba’s accessibility minister made about sharing the stage with a sign-language interpreter.
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Accessibility minister's comments about ASL interpreter a 'knife right in the back' for deaf graduate | CBC News
A woman who was excited to celebrate with her family at a graduation event for Indigenous women on Thursday says it's hard to look at her college certificate after the experience was tainted by comments Manitoba’s accessibility minister made about sharing the stage with a sign-language interpreter.
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I love how she said “I’ve heard clearly from Deaf Manitobans”.
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I love how she said “I’ve heard clearly from Deaf Manitobans”.
Technically, being Deaf doesn’t mean you can’t speak, although fine-tuning for intelligibility is obviously a lot more work than it is for hearing people.
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Technically, being Deaf doesn’t mean you can’t speak, although fine-tuning for intelligibility is obviously a lot more work than it is for hearing people.
Oh totally. It just seems like a really poor choice of words given the circumstances.
