Ukungezwa Akusikho ‘Usongo’ Empilweni. I-Ableism Injalo

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• Lapho ekugcineni engishiya - {textend} ebila, enamahloni, futhi esezofika sekwephuzile ekilasini lami elilandelayo - {textend} ngicabange ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba 'muhle.'
• Inkinga ukuthi, ukwethula lezi zinkinga njengokungenakulinganiswa nokuba yisithulu noma ukuzwa kanzima ukungaqondi kahle kokubili ukungezwa kanye nohlelo lwezempilo lwaseMelika
• Kepha kunabantu abaningi abayizithulu abangenalo nhlobo lolu lwazi, okusinikeza ukuqonda ngalokho okuvumela abantu abayizithulu ukuthi baphumelele
• Sekuyisikhathi sokubheka izingqinamba zesistimu ezinomthelela enhlalakahleni yethu naseqophelweni lempilo - {textend} kunokuthatha ubuthulu uqobo kuyinkinga
• Futhi lokho kungumsuka wenkinga, empeleni: ukungathandi ukugxila kokuhlangenwe nakho namazwi wabantu d / abayizithulu

Izithulu ziye "zaxhunyaniswa" nezimo ezinjengokucindezeleka kanye nokuwohloka komqondo. Kodwa ingabe kunjalo ngempela?

Sibona kanjani ukwakheka komhlaba esikhetha ukuba yibo - {textend} nokwabelana ngamava acindezelayo kungakha indlela esiphathana ngayo, ibe ngcono. Lo ngumbono onamandla.

Emasontweni ambalwa edlule, ngenkathi ngisehhovisi lami phakathi kwezinkulumo, kwaqhamuka uzakwethu emnyango wami. Besingakaze sihlangane phambilini, futhi angisakhumbuli ukuthi kungani eze, kepha noma kunjalo, lapho esebona umbhalo emnyango wami ozisa izivakashi ukuthi ngiyisithulu ingxoxo yethu yathatha indlela ebukhali.

“Nginomalokazana oyisithulu!” kusho umfokazi lapho ngimvumela angene. Kwesinye isikhathi, ngiphupha ngiphendukela kulolu hlobo lwesitatimende: Hewu! Kuyamangalisa! Nginomzala omhlophe! Kepha imvamisa ngizama ukuhlala ngimuhle, ngithi into engazibophezeli njengokuthi “kuhle lokho.”

"Unezingane ezimbili," kusho umfokazi. “Bayaphila kodwa! Bayakuzwa. ”

Ngimbambe izinzipho entendeni yesandla sami ngenkathi ngicabanga ngesimemezelo somuntu ongaziwa, inkolelo yakhe yokuthi isihlobo sakhe - {textend} nokuthi mina - {textend} asilungile. Kamuva, kube sengathi ukubona lokhu kungenzeka ukuthi kuyamcasula, wahlehla emuva wangincoma ngokuthi “ngikhulume kahle kanjani.”

Lapho ekugcineni engishiya - {textend} ebila, enamahloni, futhi esezofika sekwephuzile ekilasini lami elilandelayo - {textend} ngicabange ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba 'muhle.'

Impela sengizijwayele lezi zinhlamba.

Abantu abangenalo ulwazi lokungezwa imvamisa yibo abazizwa bekhululekile ukuveza imibono yabo ngakho: bangitshela ukuthi bazokufa ngaphandle komculo, noma bahlanganyele izindlela eziningi ezihlanganisa ubumpumputhe nokungabi nhlakanipho, ukugula, ukungafundi, ukuhlupheka noma ayikhangi.

Kepha ngenxa yokuthi kwenzeka okuningi akusho ukuthi akulimazi. Futhi ngalolo suku, kwangishiya ngicabanga ukuthi kwenzeka kanjani ukuba omunye uprofesa ofundile engakuthola kanjani ukuqonda okuncane kangaka kokuhlangenwe nakho komuntu.

Ukuboniswa kwabezindaba kokungezwa akusizi ngalutho. I-New York Times ishicilele i-athikili ebanga ukwethuka ngonyaka odlule nje kuphela, ithi izinkinga eziningi ezingokomzimba, ezingokwengqondo ngisho nezomnotho ezilethwe ukungezwa.

Ukuphela kwami ​​okubonakalayo njengomuntu ongezwa? Ukudana, ukuwohloka komqondo, ukuvakashelwa okungaphezulu kwesilinganiso se-ER nokulaliswa ezibhedlela, nezikweletu eziphakeme zezokwelapha - {textend} konke kuzothintwa yisithulu nabangezwa kahle.

Inkinga ukuthi, ukwethula lezi zinkinga njengokungenakulinganiswa nokuba yisithulu noma ukuzwa kanzima ukungaqondi kahle kokubili ukungezwa kanye nohlelo lwezempilo lwaseMelika

Ukuhlanganisa ukuhlangana nezinto eziyimbangela kubangela amahloni nokukhathazeka, futhi kwehluleka ukubhekana nezimpande zezinkinga, okuholela ngokungenakugwenywa kweziguli nabahlinzeki bezokunakekelwa kwezempilo kude nezixazululo eziphumelela kakhulu.

Njengesibonelo, ubumpumputhe nemibandela efana nokudana kwengqondo kanye nokuwohloka komqondo kungaxhunyaniswa, kepha ukucabanga ukuthi kubangelwa ubuthulu kudukisa kakhulu.

Cabanga umuntu osekhulile okhule wezwa futhi manje uzithola edidekile engxoxweni nomndeni nabangane. Cishe uyayizwa inkulumo kodwa angayiqondi - {textend} izinto azicaci, ikakhulukazi uma kunomsindo wangemuva njengaserestaurant.

Lokhu kuyakhathaza yena nabangane bakhe, okuhlala kufanele baziphinde. Ngenxa yalokhu, umuntu uqala ukuhoxa ekuhlanganyeleni nomphakathi. Uzizwa enesizungu futhi ecindezelekile, futhi ukuxhumana okuncane komuntu kusho ukuvivinya umzimba okuncane.

Lesi simo singakusheshisa ukuqala kokuwohloka komqondo.

Kepha kunabantu abaningi abayizithulu abangenalo nhlobo lolu lwazi, okusinikeza ukuqonda ngalokho okuvumela abantu abayizithulu ukuthi baphumelele

Umphakathi wase-American Deaf - {textend} thina esisebenzisa i-ASL futhi sikhombe ngokwesiko nge-Deafness - i- {textend} iyiqembu elithambekele kakhulu emphakathini. (Sisebenzisa inhlokodolobha D ukumaka umehluko wamasiko.)

Lobu buhlobo obuqinile bokusebenzisana busisiza ekuzameni usongo lokudangala nokukhathazeka okubangelwa ukuzihlukanisa nomndeni wethu ongasayini.

Ngokwazi, ucwaningo lukhombisa ukuthi labo abashelelayo ngolimi olusayinwe bane-. Abantu abaningi abayizithulu bakhuluma izilimi ezimbili - {textend} ngesi-ASL nangesiNgisi, isibonelo. Sivuna yonke imihlomulo yokuqonda izilimi ezimbili nganoma yiziphi izilimi ezimbili, kufaka phakathi ukuvikelwa ekuwohlaneni komqondo okuhlobene ne-Alzheimer's.

Ukusho ubumpumputhe, kunokuba ukwazi, kungusongo enhlalakahleni yomuntu, akubonisi nje okwenzeka kubantu abayizithulu.

Kepha-ke, kuzodingeka ukhulume nabantu abayizithulu (futhi ulalele ngokweqiniso) ukukuqonda lokho.

Sekuyisikhathi sokubheka izingqinamba zesistimu ezinomthelela enhlalakahleni yethu naseqophelweni lempilo - {textend} kunokuthatha ubuthulu uqobo kuyinkinga

Izinkinga ezinjengezindleko eziphakeme zokunakekelwa kwezempilo kanye nenombolo yethu yokuvakashelwa kwe-ER, uma ikhishwe kumongo, ukubeka icala lapho kungeyona nje.

Izikhungo zethu zamanje zinikeza ukunakekelwa okujwayelekile nobuchwepheshe njengezinsiza zokuzwa ezingafinyeleleki kwabaningi.

Ukubandlululwa kokuqashwa okugcwele kusho ukuthi abantu abaningi abayizithulu banomshuwalense wezempilo ongekho ezingeni, noma ngabe ukutholakala komshwalense owaziwa kahle kaningi ngeke kuhlanganise izinsiza zokuzwa. Labo abathola izinsizakusebenza kumele bakhokhe izinkulungwane zamadola ephaketheni - {textend} yingakho izindleko zethu eziphakeme zokunakekelwa kwezempilo.

Ukuvakashelwa kwabantu abayizithulu ngenhla kwesilinganiso ku-ER nakho akumangazi uma kuqhathaniswa nanoma yibaphi abantu ababekelwe eceleni. Ukwehluka kwezokunakekelwa kwempilo kwaseMelika okususelwa ebuhlangeni, ikilasi, ubulili, futhi kubhalwe kahle, njengoba kunjalo nangokuchema okuphelele kodokotela.

Abantu abayizithulu, ikakhulukazi labo abasezimpambanweni zala magama, babhekana nalezi zithiyo kuwo wonke amazinga okuthola usizo lwezempilo.

Lapho ukulahleka kokuzwa komuntu kungalashwa, noma lapho abahlinzeki behluleka ukuxhumana ngempumelelo nathi, ukudideka nokuxilongwa okungalungile kwenzeka. Futhi izibhedlela zaziwa ngokunganikeli ngabahumushi be-ASL yize kudingeka ngokomthetho.

Lezo ziguli ezindala nezingezwa kahle yenza ukwazi ngokulahlekelwa kwabo ukuzwa kungenzeka bangazi ukuthi bangamelela kanjani utolika, i-live-captioner, noma uhlelo lwe-FM.

Okwamanje, kubantu abayizithulu ngokwamasiko, ukufuna usizo lwezokwelashwa kaningi kusho ukuchitha isikhathi ukuvikela ubuwena. Lapho ngiya kudokotela, noma ngabe kwenzakalani, odokotela, odokotela besifazane, ngisho nodokotela bamazinyo bafuna ukuxoxa ngobuthulu bami kunesizathu sokuvakasha kwami.

Akumangazi-ke ukuthi abantu abayizithulu nabangezwa kahle babika izinga eliphakeme lokungabethembi abahlinzeki bezempilo. Lokhu, kuhlangene nezimo zezomnotho, kusho ukuthi iningi lethu ligwema ukuya nhlobo, ligcina ku-ER kuphela lapho izimpawu zisongela impilo, futhi zikhuthazelela ukulaliswa esibhedlela kaninginingi ngoba odokotela abasilaleli.

Futhi lokho kungumsuka wenkinga, empeleni: ukungathandi ukugxila kokuhlangenwe nakho namazwi wabantu d / abayizithulu

Kepha, njengokubandlululwa kwazo zonke iziguli ezikhishwa inyumbazane, ukuqinisekisa ukufinyelela ngokulingana kwezempilo kungasho okungaphezulu kokusebenza ezingeni ngalinye - {textend} yeziguli noma abahlinzeki.

Ngoba ngenkathi uhlukaniswa konke abantu, ukungezwa noma ukuzwa, kungaholela ekucindezelekeni nasekuwohlokeni komqondo kwengqondo kubantu asebekhulile, akuyona inkinga ebangelwa ukungezwa. Esikhundleni salokho, yandiswa kakhulu ngohlelo oluhlukanisa abantu abayizithulu.

Kungakho ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umphakathi wethu ungahlala uxhumekile futhi ukuxhumana kubaluleke kakhulu.

Esikhundleni sokutshela labo abanokuzwa ukuthi banqunyelwe impilo yesizungu nokugula kwengqondo, kufanele sibakhuthaze ukuthi bafinyelele emphakathini wezithulu, futhi sifundise imiphakathi ezwayo ukuthi ibeke phambili ukufinyeleleka.

Okwabangezwa ebusuku, lokhu kusho ukuhlinzeka ngokuhlolwa kwezindlebe nobuchwepheshe bokusiza njengezinsiza-kuzwa, nokwenza lula ukuxhumana namazwibela avaliwe namakilasi omphakathi we-ASL.

Uma umphakathi ungayeka ukuhlukanisa abantu asebekhulile abayizithulu nabangezwa kahle, bebezohlukaniswa bodwa.

Mhlawumbe singaqala ngokuchaza kabusha ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba “muhle,” futhi sibheke ukuthi amasistimu abantu abakhubazekile asekwenzile - {textend} hhayi ukungezwa uqobo - {textend} kuyimpande yalezi zinkinga.

Inkinga akukhona ukuthi thina bantu abayizithulu asizwa. Kungenxa yokuthi odokotela nemiphakathi abasilaleli.

Imfundo yangempela - {textend} yawo wonke umuntu - {textend} mayelana nesimo sobandlululo sezikhungo zethu, nokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba d / Deaf, yithuba lethu elingcono kakhulu ekuxazululweni okuhlala njalo.

USara Novi & cacute; ungumbhali wenoveli ethi “Girl at War” nencwadi elandelayo engeyona inganekwane ethi “America is Immigrants,” zombili ezivela eRandom House. Ungumsizi kaprofesa eStockton University eNew Jersey, futhi uhlala ePhiladelphia. Mthole ku-Twitter.