Originally Posted by WWWP

in group this morning a guy with hearing loss was talking about how he misses calls at work all the time because in a noisy environment he can't distinguish individual sounds and how it makes him feel inadequate/dumb/invisible etc. someone said "unfortunately we live in a world that relies on hearing" and i retorted, "no, we live in a world where no one bothers to make accommodations for people of varying abilities" and she said that was demeaning. am i tripping? if dude was in a wheelchair would it be demeaning to make sure there was adequate space for him to navigate the aisles of a store? wtf with people. but she's "bEeN a SpEciAl EduCaTiOn TeAcHer FoR 2o YeArS" so i guess she's the authority.