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Updated June 08, 2011

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From the article: Deaf Culture - Audism
Audism, in a nutshell, is behaving negatively or oppressively towards deaf people. It is the exhibition of a superior attitude in the vein of "I can hear so I am better than you," or "I am like a hearing person, so I am better than you." What examples of audism have you encountered? How did you respond to the audist behavior?

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