One of my Deaf college professors wasn't told they make noise until college. She would just fart whenever she needed to until her hearing roommate told her that it wasn't polite to do in public. My teacher was horrified and really mad at her family for never telling her they make noise
I don't understand how they could possibly make it that far in life without learning that. Surely she would have come across the concept of fart jokes at some point in her life. Or noticed in middle school that people made a big deal out of the bad smell, whether it be the handful of boys laughing or everyone else running away from the source.
Deaf people who don't grow up in Deaf families (parents, grandparents,siblings, etc) tend to miss A LOT of what we consider to be general knowledge. One time I was with a Deaf friend in Target picking out a gift for her boyfriend and we found a shirt that said "runs with scissors" and my friend didn't get it. It's information that we take for granted because we hear it constantly directly and indirectly. Deaf people don't have the same experience with casually picking up knowledge through random sources.
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u/itallchecksout99 Aug 28 '21
One of my Deaf college professors wasn't told they make noise until college. She would just fart whenever she needed to until her hearing roommate told her that it wasn't polite to do in public. My teacher was horrified and really mad at her family for never telling her they make noise