Deafness is a Disablitiy

Deafness in my opinion is a disability. Dolnick's expansion of our definition somewhat does and does not integrate into someones identity. The way an individual can communicate is in a way a disability. Everyone around the world is not able to understand each other and can be considered a disability. At least to me it can be. There are certain things that are vital to a person in order to be considered disable. In my point of view not being able to hear is just as important as not being able to see, or move. The arguement where everyone at some point may see blury, or does not hear the words correctly is all proof that we are all disable. But some are more than others. Some people have to live with that disability all their life insteaf of just a couple times throughout their life. The way this can influence individual identity is by stratification. People eventually are place into groups of physical or mental features. The "normal" people, the "deaf", or "blind" people, even cripple's or handicapped individuals are all classified by society and therefore reflects on an identity. The way this can be argued is by explaining how either way, disabled or not, a person can live their life "normally." The cultural pre-conceptions about language are challenged by people who do not agree what they have is a disability and therefore do not want to find ways to make themselves more compatible to others. For example sign language, cued speech, or the cochlear in order to help "disables" getting around easier with standard "normal" person. Dolnick made an intersting arguement that can be considered and understood, so now instead i classify everyone (including me) disabled or normal. In the end we are all the same.