Walk A Mile With A Disability :: essays papers

Walk A Mile With A balkDisability ExperimentAs of 500 p.m. on October 1 I became a hard-of-hearing (as opposed to deaf) mute. I achieved the hearing impairment simply by wearing earplugs and became mute simply by not saying a word for the rest of that day, as well as the following morning. The showtime find that I made was that my family (and probably everyone else) listens to the television at a ridiculously loud volume. Even though both of my ear canals were blocked, I had no problems understanding what was taking place on the programs that we watched. However I did run into some trouble around dinner. We (my future in-laws) were saying the blessing, unless I had to keep one eye open so I would k this instant when the prayer was over. Another interesting thing was that while cause with the ear plugs in, I became more aware of the vibrations of my truck, the tires, and the bumps in the road. My tires are not the normal highway tire-even though they are perfectly legal-and th ey generate kinda a bit shaking. This shaking is odd to me though because it isnt so obvious that I notice it any other day, scarce all when my hearing is impaired. The music in my truck also took on a new role. Usually I use my speakers to drowned out the moaning of the tires, but now I throw off discovered that they can be used as a massage. I have felt them thump against my back before, but that thump absent from sound became an aggressive back pounding. As for my campaign experiences as a mute, everyone should try it as a way to stamp out their road rage. It certainly stopped my meaningless comments, not to mention I felt better about myself when I got home.My biggest, yet far from profound, discovery in this experiment is related to speaking. Since speech was no option for communication, I opted for the dry erase board as a form of communication. When indite is the only available form of communication ( I am unbelieving of sign language) I tend to pick and choose carefu lly what is distinguished enough to write down, as well as what is not. This procedure eliminates unusable conversation such as sarcasm, small talk, and meaningless comments, which I have always wanted (I thought) to get rid of anyway.