Society urges media, public to use term ‘deaf’ instead of ‘hearing-impaired’

Borneo Post Online

BY GALILEO PETINGI ON FEBRUARY 20, 2022, SUNDAY AT 6:45 PM

(from third left) Wong, Razi and Noriah in a photo call with the representatives of the associations during the Memorandum of Understanding exchange. — Photo by Galileo Petingi

KUCHING (Feb 20): The Sarawak Society for the Deaf (SSD) calls for the term ‘deaf’ instead of ‘hearing-impaired’ to be widely used by media publications and the public.

According to SSD president Albert Wong, he said the term ‘deaf’ is not a disability and they are a linguistic minority as they are still able to communicate with others using sign language.

Noticing the term ‘hearing-impaired’ was widely used in publications, he explained such a term implies someone having a disability.

Identify common problems faced by the deaf community in Sarawak

New Sarawak Tribune

Reported by: Alverdtekoster Anyap 

Date: February 20, 2022

KUCHING: The Ministry of Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development will look into the common problems faced by the deaf community in Sarawak.

Its Assistant Minister Mohammad Razi Sitam said a three-day workshop organised by the Sarawak Society for the Deaf (SSD) was to identify the issues and seek solutions.

He said the six focus areas of the discussions were education, employment, healthcare and welfare, accessibility, social recreation and culture as well as advocacy and rights.

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