Deaf Blogs

Deaf blogs are another great example of getting their voice heard to both deaf and the hearing world. There are literally hundreds of deaf blogs out there in the great world of internet.

I absolutely love blogs because really in those blogs, you really can get everything off your chest and tell it as it is without really offending people. It is a great therapy tool as well as learning tool!

I came across this amazing deaf blog RuDeafAware. The purpose of the blogs to learn personal view in RuDeafAware, Deaf Issues, Deaf History, Deaf Culture, Deaf Awareness, BSL(British Sign Language) in public places plus more. The hearing people gets to learn what is it like to be deaf/hard of hearing and are given advice on what to do when they encounter with them. My personal favorite post from this site happens to be this: http://www.rudeafaware.co.uk/blog/?m=200803 because it tells the reader what the deaf/hard of hearing people have to deal with on a daily basis. And other deaf people can read this, feeling a bit better about not feeling like the only person with this issue.

Another great blog would be http://deafarticles.blogspot.com/

It has all articles about the deaf, and whenever I read the deaf articles, I also learn something about the deaf and myself despite being deaf all these years. I love this blog site because the author finds all the deaf articles and post them on her blogs to share with other deaf people as well as the hearing people.

I never have read blogs before and I have heard about it, but never looked into it before this year. What is very interesting is that the main reason why I didn't look at blogs were they were portrayed in a negative way on the mass media. Mass media would talk about how blogging can hurt your life, especially when it comes to your career and I believed it 100% but now, that may be true to some aspect, but it can be absolutely wonderful because anyone can make their voice heard and have others learn and give respect for their views of the world and of themselves as a human being.