All in how each person views it, I suppose. My (not) hearing *is* normal...
For me, the humiliation lies in the obvious misperceptions of people I
meet every day - it's amazing what people will assume you can't do,
simply because you don't have or use a particular physical feature.
To bring this back to topic, I have met with hearing prospects and
worked to explain different concepts in web design, and been asked
things like, "Following web standards is all well and good, but how are
you going to stream the audio when you can't hear it, if you can't do it
this? How do you know your method will WORK?" Makes for very
interesting entries in my offline personal journal :)
Leslie
...
I have a disability therefore I'm a disabled user, and I'm also a user
with a disability and I'm also hearing impaired and physically
impaired. It just amazes me the importance people attach to labels. How
can people get offended by a truth? My hearing is *not* normal. It's a
fact and I'm not ashamed of it and though sometimes I get humiliated
it's not because of labels!
...
Call me what you will (but try to keep it polite... haha).
...
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