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Kate Rowley
@katerowley0
Deaf academic working at UCL & Deputy Director of DCAL. Proud to be bimodal, bilingual & bicultural.
Feb 23, 2019 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Thread: The dark side of being deaf is not being unable to hear. The dark side of being deaf is being deprived of language. The dark side of being deaf is being unable to develop cognitive and psychosocial skills because of language deprivation. The dark side of being deaf is the higher rates of poor mental health in comparison to hearing people. The dark side of being deaf is the higher rates of abuse because people take advantage of deaf children being unable to communicate.