Tag: writing
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The Negative Polarization of “Person First Language” and “Disability First Language”
A Silent City Blog According to the CDC, the most respected and politically correct way to address someone who has a disability is to use “first-person language” instead of pointing out the disability. For instance, instead of introducing myself as a hearing-impaired person, I would say I have a hearing impairment. It separates the disability…
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Schools Just Don’t Understand
The Silent City Blog Two months ago, there was this video going viral on TikTok where a female deaf student was being disrespected by her professor for not paying attention in class without realizing that the reason she hadn’t responded was that her sign language translator must translate for her first for her to understand.…
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We are Not Disabled, We Are Human
A Silent City Blog One morning, I was scrolling through TikTok, as one does. Between the funny skits of Frozen Texas and Wanda Vision spoilers, I came across a devastatingvideo of a young man who was crying. He showed the audience his hearing aids, before stating that someone said to him that he would never…
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The Other Institutional Abuse That Canadians Forgot: Huronia Regional Centre
A Slient City Blog When Canadians think about institutional abuses, we often think about Indigenous Residential schools. The amount of horror that went down at these schools cannot be described in one word or paragraph. The thought of the government ripping children from their parents’ arms, placing them in these so-called “schools” where they are…
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The Silent City
An Introduction This blog was written in 2019 and later published on the “The Silent City” blogging website, which ended in 2021. This article has been loosely edited so that others may enjoy early samples of my writings on accessibility. Within the first few weeks of attending the University of Toronto, I have gotten used…
Catherine CC Dumé 