Donating blood can be a way to earn money. However, when a deaf man who had been laid off and was in need of money went to donate blood, accompanied by his hearing father, he was turned away because he was deaf. The father describes the experience in full detail on the forum, including nearly being arrested after they became upset.
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So, they’re afraid if deaf’s blood make other people turn deaf? What a joke.
Sam the Bright,
It is really happened in Flordia in few years ago. I think it is not make a sense and discrimination if you need to donate to anyone who need blood desperated of their live saving for blood disease or some serious medical urgent to use receive from him to donate innocent people if they are not saved.
Sad situation! I tried to helped that guy’s deaf son about interpreter situation and encouraged him to talk with lawyer or low income to against that place which the nurse should not against his son who is deaf and determinate he is not hero and tried to save people’s life. On purpose for his living after lost a job for 5 years. I cannot understand the Blood Donation would not pass who hearing people to became deaf from him. It is silly and outraged story. it is really false label on his deaf son.
Deaf man is very hero to save people’s living might luck if it is their rare match blood.
It is really stupidest the way people think Deaf will spread a worsen germs. It’s huge misunderstood.
It is not legally to against deaf man ? I was wonder if they actually discriminated against his deaf son. It’s appearances to me.
It also I saw on video on deaf website kind of Deaf Local News. I cannot remember name of website. From Canada, The deaf girl did went to Blood Bank and they told her to not come because afraid to spread the “deafness germs”. It is kind of Obnoxious and untrue story!
This is an old story. Happened to me around 1993 or 1994 — you can read the full story in Deaf Life, if you look back through your copies around that time.
Don, I am aware of that it was old story. but the man is very upset about his deaf son were discriminated by Blood Donate. Long time ago I was blog on Seekgeo’s blog few years ago. 2-3 years something by someone told blogs that it’s happened back in Florida. I don’t know how long the man’s deaf son recently discriminated not very long ago.
It has happened to me a few years ago. The nurse refused to write down when I requested her to write down. She wanted to speak and expected me to understand her. I had to be tough and be mad at her to make her write down. Suddenly, she send me away without giving me a chance to check veins double time to make sure if my veins is not good for blood donation. It hurts a lot. I went another donation center and people in there were better and did gave me chance to check my veins three times but I was disqualified because my veins were small or hidden.
This unforunate and tragic incident greatly reminds me of the classic CBS-TV’s “All in the Family” television sictom.
One of the episode, Louie, the young African American man, who was the next-door neighbor’s son, the Jeffersons.
Louie and Meathead characters went with the beloved bigot, Archie Bunker to the blood bank. Louie teased Archie that he got the blood from black people which turned him into one of them like walking jiggly. Archie’s eyes widened and freaked out.
What a laugh, but denying deaf person from donating healthy blood is pure discriminatory and illegal.
RLM
Here is the recap from the “All in the Family” episode segement about going to the blood bank -
http:;www.tv.com/All+in+the+family/Archie/Guest+Blood/episode/2304/
or type “All in the Family and blood bank” on Google search engine. Okay?
The correct spelling of African American guy is Lionel. My apology.
RLM
RLM, I did copy and paste and seem not working for all the family. I want to see it.. somewhat it is little error website. Can you repeat to fix correct website, Please
Simply type “All in the Family and blood bank” on any search engine or type “All in the Family official website” or “Norman Lear” which should take you to those websites with video recaps. Okay?
RLM
I never said about video clip from this classic tv sictom.
Here is the sictom recap –
http://www.tv.com/All+in+the+Family/Archie+Gives+Blood/episode/23204/recap.html
I hope that will be very helpful for you, Deaf Pixie.
RLM
RLM,
I get it and still not working I will asking my daughter who is better than me. I don’t know why it has not show..Something I missed it after I typed and still not able to find one. Geez! I need to find my reading glasses somewhere. I misplaced.
I just researched other issues from Canada. Teenager shocked after they told her to refused to draw blood. From NetSignNews.com where I remember about so similar.
Here is http://www.netsignnews.com/Community/Deaf_Donor_Denied_.php
RLM, I read it and I complete to understood better.