In Part 1, of this three-part series, guest author Lucy Crabtree shared her experience with hearing loss and struggle to find a place in the local church. In Part 2, she offered practical advice for loving your neighbors in the hearing loss community. This third and final installment features practical advice for including the hearing…
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Welcoming the Hearing Loss Community — Part 2
In Part 1, of this three-part series, guest author Lucy Crabtree shared her experience with hearing loss and struggle to find a place in the local church. In this second post, she offers practical advice for loving your neighbors in the hearing loss community. — Part 2 — As I concluded in Part 1, we…
Welcoming the Hearing Loss Community
Last October, I posted the following tweet, in which I used the term “deaf and dumb” in proximity with being cognitively impaired: One of my followers, Lucy Crabtree, sent me a kind private message in response. She informed me of how the phrase has been used historically. She also explained why it can be offensive…