Posted by Neredbojias on 06/04/07 11:29

On Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:58:24 GMT cwdjrxyz scribed:

> A few months ago a woman, who appeared very well
> qualified, was selected to head the leading university for deaf people
> in the US. She apparently could use and understand sign language very
> well. However she was not deaf. Many of the students did not think a
> non-deaf person could be qualified, no matter what other
> qualifications were. There were large student demonstrations. In the
> end someone else was given the job. I repeat this story here not to
> argue the merits of it pro or con. I am just pointing out that if you
> are writing a web site likely to be used by large numbers of disabled,
> it is best not to assume that they do not need something.

If that's the whole story...

their attitude is understandable. I certainly wouldn't want a deaf person
heading any university _I_ attended. Hell, how would the guy hear me when
I went in to complain about my grades?

(The interesting thing about reverse discrimination is it's still
discrimination. Those deaf people were wrong, dead wrong - all of them.
....If that's the whole story.)

--
Neredbojias
He who laughs last sounds like an idiot.

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