Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Low function or high function people?

Right now, I am waiting for client's daughter to call me back to confirm or cancel the appointment. Whole mess was started when the daughter got involved and called me up demanding for details which I provided so she is checking them out and see if it's worth it or not. It seems like the client depends on the daughter a lot. 

While I was surfing the sites minutes ago, the subjects of low-function vs. high-function came to my mind. I have heard the term, "low-function person" frequently and was always associated that term with those people who inadequate educations or ability to have conversations intelligently. 

But it that always the case?

Because I have met some people who have college degrees that I utterly couldn't believe that they even have high school diploma let alone college diploma! But it is not my position to judge. 

So... What really make some people "low function or high function?" 

Monday, June 2, 2008

The summer of celebration and education

As I was going through my planner, I noticed that I have my weekends planned out for various events and festivals like Greek festival, Turkish festival, and various other festivals. It got me thinking for short while because there are various deaf related events that are going on this summer like NAD in New Orleans, AGBell in Wisconsin, cued speech camps in various states through country, various cochlear implant camps or get together through the country, and many other events that I can't list because either I forgot or am not aware of. 

I always enjoy how people would get together to celebrate and raise awareness of their existence. I guess that I should say that I am going to cued speech camp in Rochester, NY because I am proud that I was raised with cued speech and strong believer in that communication method even if I support all three communication methods (cued speech, signing, oral) equally. 

Yes, many people may agree or disagree with me. That's normal. That's what keep the life rollin'! :)