The
Ten Commandments of Deaf-Blind Culture.
by Kerry Wadman, published on the Deafblind mailing list
on the Internet.
For the un-Deaf-blind missionary, pastor, worker, servant,
interpreter, intervenor, instructor, and otherwise hearing, sighted, mobile
while in the presence of a Deaf-blind person.
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1. Thou shalt put no other Culture above Deaf-blind Culture.
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2. Thou shalt not lose hand contact when communicating with
a Deaf-blind person.
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3. Thou shalt communicate Tactile Sign Languages at all times.
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4. Thou shalt not be the Deaf-blind person's Tactile Sign
Language Instructor...
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5. Thou shalt not be the Deaf-blind person's English grammar
teacher.
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6. Thou shalt not be the Deaf-blind person's Speech Therapist.
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7. Thou shalt not be the Deaf-blind person's comedian telling
non-deaf-blind jokes and puns.
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8. Thou shalt not be the Deaf-blind person's shadow.
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9. Thou verily shalt view Deaf-blind people as unique and
not antique couch potatoes...
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10. Verily, verily, thou shalt believe that Deaf-blind human
organisms can do all things except see and hear, except through an Intervenor
Supreme
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