Audism

A couple of contributors here do explore linguistics, considering the characteristics of sign, the sociological impact of sound and the power of "audism". ❋ Unknown (2008)

You know, we have issues of audism on this campus. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Deaf activist organization which advocates for Deaf American rights, cultural resurgence, and seeks primarily to challenge the ideological foundations of audism in America. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The infamous resolutions from ICED Milan 1880 have been described by many scholars and historians as an attempt at linguistic and cultural genocide as as well as a systematic effort to institutionalize audism, the belief that to hear and speak is superior to being Deaf. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was a little disappointed that audism and deafhood were not considered as ones of them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This is not, I hasten to add, to negate the value of those discussions, and the chapters here raise important points in readable ways: in "The Burden of Racism and Audism", for example, Lindsay Dunn uses a novel dialogical style to set out the arguments about "the twin conditions of race and audism that are heavy burdens on Deaf people of color" (p. 235) I can't help looking forward, though, to the time when the politics of identity will be able to move beyond having to remind ourselves and each other that identity, whatever else it does, never tracks along a single axis. ❋ Unknown (2008)

a little disappointed that audism and deafhood were not considered as ones of them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Examples of audism would be [enying] the Deaf individual a position based on his/her hearing and/or linguistic capacity. Another example of audism would be refusing to provide an [interpreter] citing [financial hardship] when the ADA cites accessibility to interpreting services is a civil right. ❋ DBadvocate (2010)

Instead of color descrimination [prevalent] in [schools], audism has become an [increasing] problem. ❋ Dackmilliken (2004)

If you were suddenly to become D/deaf overnight, you would experience [audism] and would be treated differently in so many ways... especially in career fields (e.g. On [March 2], 2006, a federal jury found in favor of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ([EEOC]) in its employment discrimination lawsuit against Federal Express Corporation ([FedEx]) for violating the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. EEOC had charged FedEx with failing to provide a reasonable accommodation to Ronald [Lockhart], a deaf employee who worked as a package handler at the company's Baltimore Ramp. The suit charged Federal Express with violating the ADA when it failed to provide reasonable accommodations to Lockhart in the form of American Sign Language interpreters, despite his repeated requests. The jury found FedEx liable for punitive damages in the amount of $100,000 for its knowing failure to accommodate Lockhart as well as [compensatory] damages of $8,000 for the loss of the accommodation itself. In January 2008, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the jury’s award.) ❋ EF (2012)

Aaron "How did you get that knot on your head?" Paul "A damn squirrel in the tree grabbed a [pine cone] and *[fwooped]* it at me. It *[fonked]* me on the head." *Audisms* ❋ Ace1339 (2010)