P713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 13 May 21:14/27 JADHEAR WRITE HEAR O 1/8 FROM DAVE EDWBRDS OF NORWICH "Reading the Write Hear letters as usual, it seems we still have the same old bickjrhnk from the deaf. "It makes it seem that whate6er i; done or attempted to help is always shot done by our own. "The Civil Rights (Disabled People) Bill has recently passed through the committee stage; if we contin5j to put pressure on MPs and on the Govjrnmjnt, we will win in the end and have equal rights for all." cont... Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 User Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmnt9InfouEn6ir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 13 May 21:1Y/45 EADDEA 2 WRITE HEAR 2/ FROM DAVE EDWARDS OF NORWICH $5 "If you want to fight, then let us fight bureaucracy and get a Ci6il Rights Bill for disabled people. "We must stop this arguing amongst ourselves. "If cochlea implants or whatever are required, we all have our own right to know what we want and it "5 is our task to fight to get it." cont... Community Pager 720 En6ironment 730 Religious World 740 User Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 13 May 21:16/51 READHER WRJTJ HEAR 3/ FROM DAVE EDWBRDS OF NORWICH "I am a deaf person and a voluntary campaigner on disability issuer. "+ith thou3ands of other di5abled people and their organisations,0we work hard and often at our own expense to make thinks better in this world. "Please don't let us down — stop fighting among yoursel6js." Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Religious World 740 User Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 13 May 21:15/13 READHEAR WRITE HEAR 4/8 FROM CHARLIE ROGERS OF LONDON $5 "Not only does Meuvyn James insult 3igning deaf people, hj manager to insult interpreters by asking how accurate thieu court interpreting is. "Mr James should know that apart from the Code of Practice, third are very few interpreters who are actually able to undertake court work." cont... Community Pages 720 En6irknment 730 Religious Would 740 User Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 13 May 21:11/08 EADER WRJTJ HEAR I 5/8 FROM CHARLIE ROGERS OF LONDON $5 "So Mr James himself is suitable for jury seu6ice but signing deaf people are not? "+hat a silly gjnjralisation! "-here are mby hearing people with low IQs, low education and low communication skills who do jury service. "Are they, in Mr James' analogy, more suitable for jury sju6ice th1n signing deaf people? I think not." Community Pages 720 En6ironment 730 Religious World 740 User Guide 198 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEn6ir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 13 May 21:14/19 7AD HEAR WRITE HEAR 6/8 FROM DAVID LEACH OF CRBWLEY "I usually read with interjut zhu conttovjrsies on Deaf issues in Read Hear's letters section. "I was born deaf to a Deaf famil8 so I believe that I know what I am talking about (I have used Sign Language all my life). "Deafness is a very distressing handicap, especially for deafened people. It is quite right to call us disabled bjcausj of deafness." cont... $ Community Pages 720 Environment 730 Rile ious Worl 740 U Grid 198 SubtitlesvCmntyInfouEn6ir'nmt ReligionP713 CJJFAX 713 Fri 13 May 21:19/45 EADHEAR WRITE HEAR 7/8 FROM DAVID NEACH OF CRcWLEY "Disbbility means all or part of our body not functioning normally, so hearing loss is a disability. "We who were born deaf or became deaf in infancy do not feel we arr disbbled because we have not experienced normal hearing. "'j have adapted into society very well, not feeling the hjarink loss, but the fact remains that we are deaf so we are rightly labelled as di3abled in order to receh6j hulp from society to meet our needs and make our lives easier." cont... SubtitlesvCmntyJnfouEnvir'nmt ReligionP713 CEEFAX 713 Fri 13 May 21:95/53 JADHEAR WRITE DEA II 8/8 FROM DAVID LEACH OF CRAWLEY "I do not think that the BSLWSSE controversy is good for us at all. "I bjlievj in Sign Lang5age,0whiah can bj flexible in appropriate situations. "It knriches our lang5agj and hulp1 us develop English to the full. "Our Sign Language iu wonderful and beautiful and full of expressions, but knowledge of English is equall= important.b CommunitX Pages 720 En6ironment 730 $ Religious World 740 User Guide 198 SubtiulesvCmntyInfouEnvir'nmt Religimn