A lot of deaf people who talk went deaf later in life after they have already learned how to speak. A lot of people who go deaf as young children or were born deaf don't or have a much harder time talking.
Riki was hearing and gradually went deaf, I don’t know if she’s been getting speech therapy, but she has a background in speech. Every person is different, this Deaf actress was born deaf and grew up with asl, but learned speech because she wanted to and she can speak more clearly than Riki. Did you know that ASL was banned in classrooms for several years?(this was a while ago) Many deaf children were forced to receive oral education and do speech therapy. Thank goodness that’s gone now, but what came out of that was many children being successful in speech and many children with the same education struggled because they weren’t allowed to use asl(which is messed up). Some deaf people are comfortable with their voice and some just don’t see the point in using it, because they identify with their language and it’s associated culture(like a French person might) It’s a frustrating thing to learn, or it can be easier for different people.
I wish ASL was an option at our local schools. My daughter who is Deaf is transported to a different school district to attend a Deaf Ed class. 😥 My daughter made a friend at church years ago, who was just visiting her grandparents for the summer, who went back home and took ASL classes at her school and now returns every summer to interpret for my daughter during summer activities at church.
Hi Molly, I've just submitted italian subtitles for this video so italian people who don't understand english very well will be able to watch it! The subtitles will be available soon. Have a nice day!
The lady at the airport who said "If you're blind why don't you have a cane or a service dog?" Wut. Would be tempting to reply "Oh SH*T he isn't here??????"
The lady who, when I was at the city bus's main office... I brought in my half fare paperwork (in my town you get on the bus for half price) and the receptionist goes "why does this say you're blind?" I HAD my cane and she asked... my only response was "Uhhh because I am..."
Brianna Smith sounds so familiar. Sometimes when I ask the bus number or the destination, the driver asks “isn’t it on the front of the bus?”. Well... I guess it is... Usually lifting my cane a little higher says enough for them to apologize, but I don’t mind... I prefer for people to forget or not notice that I am visually impaired, over acting so obviously impaired that no one can not notice🙈.
It’s not nessesarily visual unless they tell you you might not know. Edit: cause I’m deaf, and I use hearing aids but people don’t tend to know I’m deaf unless I tell them, because I talk so clearly.
I work in food and at my first job there was always an older deaf couple who would come in (it was a hot dog place) and they would always order the same thing and I started learning a bit of ASL just for them and when they came in one day I started signing to them and they’re faces lit up cause I was able to talk to them and ask them they’re order and drinks instead of them having to write it down, and my manger told me every time they would come in and I want there they would ask for me cause we had name tags of course, and after I quit working there they asked for where I worked after and they would stop in and visit and tell me hello and everything I quit that job to work at my current job and I haven’t seen them since but I hope I see them again cause they were so nice and sweet!
Lyssa Salinas That is so kind and generous of you this makes me so happy. I feel like the world needs more people like you. I feel like living is harder when nobody understands and you listened and understood. People like you make people feel better every single day. Thank-you for being an awesome, we need more people like you in this world.
The little bit of ASL I learned as a toddler has helped me so much in working in restaurants! You can just tell how relieved people are when they can put away their notepads and just order. You're amazing for learning ASL just for these customers💕
That is so sweet my eyes are watering a little... That being said, I don't understand why we don't all learn some ASL basics in school instead of foreign languages that most of us will never use.
Saland Findles Same ☺ I'm not deaf, but I have mild hearing loss so I usually have the volume all the way up to watch TH-cam and I've gone through so many pairs of headphones because they just stop working from the vibration 😂
Sander Honig same, I wasn't born with it, last year I got frost bite on my left ear and they had to take off my ear, and then close the hole so I can't hear at all out of it.
My brother is deaf in his right ear. He had a brain tumor and lost his hearing on the right side. He has the same problem with not knowing what direction a sound is coming from. :/
I hit my head about a year and a half ago and lost hearing completely from my left ear and have the same problem being on a sports team and dancing I never know where sounds are coming from and people are really rude about it. And if sounds are too loud I can’t hear people talking or sports corrections and it’s really frustrating always feeling like I’m missing half of what’s going on. So I’m glad I’m not alone.
state924 I admit that I did do that once. Then I found out how offensive it is. I will never do it again!!! I truly apologize for doing that in the past. Respect to you, my friend.
Purple • Seal Awww, thank you. Yes, I still feel bad for doing it at all but I truly didn’t know at the time that it was rude and condescending. I will never do it again and I’m educating myself more now!
@@niclastname9123 Uh *alot* of people can do lip reading. When its one person, and you are used to being deaf, it becomes easier and more normal to understand.
My boyfriend was born 70% deaf. I really love youtube and its frustrating sometimes because i wanna watch videos with him but he cant hear and there arent any CCs which he needs even to watch movies. I just wish more people did CCs on there videos... :/
Haley K yeah I wish movies/youtube/tv/ or anything could all have the cc option because my boyfriend's grandpa can't hear so he has to have the cc on the tv. Sometimes it won't let us do the cc on an Astros game we want to watch. Also in conversations I have to almost yell for him to hear me and it don't help he just got out of the hospital for a minor aneurism in his brain. Sorry I'm rambling but yes I wish everything could be helpful for the deaf and the blind
I’m not deaf but I have a hard time focusing on individual sounds (maybe the best way to describe it would be that everything sounds “blurry”?) so captions really help when I’m watching videos. I also wish more videos would do captioning.
I have issues with just listening to movies cause of disability stuff I'm not going into here, But I always use closed captions when possible and literally hate it when movies, tv doesn't have it because I miss stuff it's so c.rap, I don't see why they don't just put CC or the option for it on everything.
banana bunny i’ve always been confused on helen keller because wasn’t she born deaf and blind? i really don’t want to sound offensive or anything i’m just curious on how she learned to be like so successful and to communicate or anything??
That's so nice. I learned some Spanish and some very simple Mandarin for friends. I wanted to learn ASL, but I keep quitting when I start to forget stuff.
Service dogs for the deaf do things like alert you when someone is trying to get your attention, your phone is ringing, door knocking, police sirens, etc etc. To my understanding, it is just mostly little things like that
A Nielson to those of us that cannot hear and need these services that a trained service dog can provide, they certainly mean more than “little things”. Just thought I would point that out.
A Nielson they are also to alert you to subtle noises like, road crossings, cars, other people and general house hold items. Those dogs are the difference between life and death for some people. ( myself included ).
I'm blind but I've heard that a deaf service dog can: Alert you to someone knocking or saying your name Alert you to somebody approaching you from an angle you can't see Stuff like that
I’ve seen deaf girls in college being isolated socially and it always got to me and still does. I tried to communicate with a girl once, I went over and used the notes on my phone to say hello to her and I was so worried I’d accidentally offend her or make her uncomfortable. I believe asl/bsl should be taught in school, like we learn french and Spanish because had that happened we’d have been able to include her and any deaf person ever, and he/she could sign in class during discussions and it wouldn’t be as difficult to keep up, in a world we’d all know the signs and could talk and sign together. I noticed that in her, and it must be tiring and frustrating because I know she would’ve missed bits and bobs because we’d go too fast often as a group. Same with basic education for the blind, explaining how service dogs work, how to properly react and not go by the Hollywood stereotypes. I’ve learned so much by watching your videos molly and it’s frustrating that as simple as it is to learn and understand, the ableist community are taking so long to take these things into consideration. Really hope soon these things start happening
That's not practical in the modern era, especially with virtually everybody having a phone with them. Yes, it would be nice for more people to know how to sign, but is it really worth that kind of effort? You could say the same thing about just about any foreign language or knowing how to better communicate with people that have other disabilities. One of the big concerns that the deaf/hard of hearing community has is the loss of their culture as even people who are themselves unable to hear well enough to communicate either get implants or use other means of communicating. Adding additional people on top of that who don't need to know how, isn't going to address that. But yeah, one of the big differences between being blind versus deaf is that being blind cuts you off from the world, but being deaf tends to cut you off from other people. I had know idea just how bad my vision had gotten until I went on a date with a deaf woman. Granted, she's a graphic artist, but I had no idea just how much I was favoring my hearing over my sight.
I get it there was a sweet girl that was deaf in my class and she was so so sweet her name is Kaylee. She would braid my hair in 8th grade and I would try to make her laugh.:) People for real labeled her as deaf girl. I think that is offensive but idk
Faith Plaisance aw that’s so sweet. I don’t wanna speak for her or her community, but I will say I’d never call someone the “deaf girl”. The best we can do is learn, be open minded and care for everyone, regardless of abilities.
Isn't it illegal to not hire somebody based solely on their disability if the disability doesn't affect the job. ie: deaf person applying for a janitorial position.
Alexandra Madeira you know it is, but it is not considered discriminatory if they company feels that they would not be able to perform the job with very limited accommodation. So because chipotle is noisy, that would be already distracting for Rikki, then the pace of working on the line, with out a ASL interpreter to verify the order is correct, and so on. The accommodation for the position and pay has to be with in reason.
Alexandra Madeira It all depends. It is illegal to not hire someone solely on disability, yes. But if it interferes with the job being done as a whole, the employer does have some sort of right to deny the person. However, if you can still do the job, just not as well, I'd say it's arguable. For example, I have a stutter. It's technically considered a disability, but I'm obviously still able to speak, I'm just not as fluent as the next person. In that case, employers can't not hire me solely based on the fact that I have a stutter. If I can get the job done, why not at least let me try?
True. &imagine proving that a company didn't hire you based solely on your disability. No company is going to admit it, they'll just say "we hired somebody who was more qualified."
I love you guys. It's so great to have you both as representatives of your communities on TH-cam. You're both such intelligent, beautiful, independent, and inspiring women. you show that blind, deaf, and other disabled people are just as smart, fun, talented, friendly, attractive, capable, etc. as sighted/hearing people. Too many people assume deaf or blind people are incapable recluses who don't care about their appearance, can't have friends or jobs. One of my close friends is partially blind, and people always say "but you're so pretty!" Or "but you are so smart!" Like there's no correlation between being blind and your attractiveness or intelligence, so it's offensive to her that people act shocked that she's just a normal person or when they say she's this or that "for a blind girl"
This is an actual conversation I had with my teacher twice. Me: Can I be moved closer to the board? I can't see. Her: You can't see? Me: No. Her: Okay. *walks away*
Shiningsheep 5 I used to tell my teacher all the time that I couldn't see the board and ask if I could move forward and people used to always get super ticked off like students would stand next to my desk and go "I can see that so you can too"
DreamsThings&Aardvarks. Same. I wear glasses but my prescription is changing really fast so I get new glasses every 6-8 months. I have to ask people what the board says and they ignore me and it's so annoying.
When Molly is talking... take off the sound from your speakers, and just for a second try to lip read her. Then when Rikki is talking, close your eyes and just listen to her, no subtitles on. Both things are absolutly possible to do. But the excercise might give us, priviledged audience, a deeper experience to thos video.
I'm not an expert on lip reading but I have APD so I've learned to read people's lips while they're talking so I have better understanding on what they're saying
Personally I can’t lip read, so it was really hard to understand molly especially since she talks sorta fast. I watch videos without looking at them all the time so I’m fairly used to it if I had to chose whether to be blind or deaf I would chose to be blind since I have more experience with it
I'm not Deaf Personally but one girl out of my hole school, is blind, and she gets allot of hate for that. She is one of the Happiest people I have EVER Met! She's an AMAZING Singer and a Great Friend. I love this video so much, it means allot to me and my Friend.
When someone is different people pick up on them whether is jealousy of their talent or mockery on their disability! But I guess people born with certain disability to experience the world differently!
I don't know if you have heard of it, but there is a pretty interesting place in Germany (I am not sure if it exists anywhere else) where you can experience being blind or deaf for 30 minutes. I did the blind thing and they basically set up several rooms as common places (a park, a market, a house, a bar) completely in the dark. And then a blind guide is in there waiting to walk you through it. He never touched my arm or anything, he always knew where I was based on the sound of my voice. It was a really impressive and interesting experience. I felt like I had been invited to his world.
I did this in Hamburg it was scary but really enlightening. If you have the chance I would recommend doing it as it's honestly amazing and the guides are incredible and can listen to yoir voice once and know who you are.
I love the open conversation about things that are difficult for blind and deaf. I love my hearing dog! She is amazing!! Shes trained specifically for my needs. I am also in a power chair due to other health issues. I have a condition called hEDS. Basically my joints hyperextend and can dislocate or the soft tissues rip, it also causes a lot of other health issues, like my hearing loss and vision strain (I also wear bi-focal glasses). Some of the things she alerts me to is when my name is being called (that was the hardest thing to train) when someone walks up behind me, when my kids are crying or fighting (not a taught alert, just something she figured out herself, she’s amazing!!) when someone is at the door, when someone is talking to me, she does a lot! One thing she alerted me to that she is NOT AT ALL trained for is when I started to have a heart attack. She had never ever scream barked before. She was acting weird all morning. I really felt sick all morning too, but I decided to drive my kids to school anyway. On the way I started to feel nauseated, achey and I knew something wasn’t right but it was when she started to scream bark that I realized I needed to get to the hospital. I was actually only minutes away so I drove myself. She scream barked all the way till I got to the ER. I don’t know how else to explain it, it wasn’t a normal dog bark, it was like the sound of a dog being murdered or something, she’s never made that sound since either. They triaged me and immediately put me in a bed. Bella laid on my chest licking the nurse as she put the heart monitor leads on me. It was like she was asking them to take care of me. They had her move to the end of the bed and finished that test and then gave me meds to slow my heart rate which was up at like 250bpm! (My heart has damage already from pulmonary embolisms) I have a bed for Bella to lay in when I’m out with her, I just hang it on the back of my power chair when not using it and then when I want her to lay down and stay I just place it where I want her and she stays there. As soon as my heart began to beat at a normal rhythm, you could see her body begin to relax. The drs and nurses were all so shocked at how in tune with my body she was (but we are together 24/7, she even sleeps in bed on a pillow next to my head with me). They had to do more tests to make sure I was ok (echo cardiogram and CT scan and some other stuff) they let her stay with me through it all. (During the CT scan she stayed with the technician in the booth.) I had a stroke a few years before and a few before that I had massive bi-lateral pulmonary embolisms. So I’ve had a lot of serious health issues. I spend a lot of my time in bed and she spends a lot of her time with me in bed. She plays a lot too. My 4 kids love her too! She’s so much more than just a service animal to me. She’s like my 5th kid. We have 2 other dogs as well. I love them to bits too, but the bond between and service animal and their person is just so special. Don’t get me wrong I really love my other 2 dogs as well. They are amazing!!! They are both 11 years old. One is a pit mix and the other a golden retriever. Bella is just with me 24/7, I rarely ever go anywhere with out her. I am not 100% deaf, some people don’t understand that. It’s like they think your only hearing or only deaf. But there is a huge range of in between. I actually can hear a lot! But there is A LOT I can’t hear. High pitch sounds I can’t hear at all. Women and children are hard to hear. There are other tones I can’t hear as well. I can’t hear anything outside of a room with a closed door, someone calling my name in a place with back ground noise. I miss out on a lot of words in conversations where there are a lot of people or back ground noises. I can’t hear an ambulance, fire truck or police siren until it’s right next to me. (She alerts me to those too) When I got my hearing aides for the first time my 4 kids were standing behind me and the Dr asked them to talk to me. I couldn’t tell who was who because I had NEVER heard their “real” voices before. (I balled my eyes out!) They sound totally different with out my hearing aides. I was 28 when I got my hearing aides. I’m 38 now. I got Bella is almost 4 years old. I got her when she was a puppy. She’s a small dog. She’s a wire hair Parsons Terrier (very similar to a Jack Russell). She’s white and peach. She weighs about 30 pounds. Since I’m in a chair I had her trained to stay in my lap when we are out. It’s easier for me to see her cues and to handle her. Since in a chair one hand is working the chair controls. She is trained to stand up to alert me. If I don’t pay attention to that she will begin to lick the top of my hand. If I don’t pay attention to that, her last ditch effort is a bark. Which really she never needs to do. She is just so smart! We recently went to my daughters college for orientation. (My oldest is 17 and graduated high school and starts college in Aug) They had different speakers come up to talk. She was in her bed in front of me on the floor and what was really cool was she would alert me each time there was a new speaker. She couldn’t see anything on stage, but each time a new person spoke she would alert me. It just always amazes me how smart she is and how she doesn’t forget her training. People in the row in front of me didn’t know I had a service dog and finally started giving me weird looks when I would tell her “thank you, good girl, lay down”. LOL! I finally said, sorry I have a service dog, they quickly apologized and quietly said they legit thought I was talking to a small child like it was a dog. So when I told them I was actually talking to my dog they felt silly. We all laughed!! It may sound weird but I always thank her when she alerts me, it’s her positive reinforcement. I didn’t even realize I was loosing my hearing. I thought that’s how it was for everyone. It was the same way when I found out I had Narcolepsy. I thought everyone was always tired and could sleep anywhere. LOL! My husband was the one that told my Dr that he thought I was going deaf. So I saw an audiologist and had my hearing tested and it came back I had profound hearing loss. Mine is progressive so as I get older I loose more of my ability to hear. I do and don’t like my hearing aides. I do when there is something I really want to hear. Like a parent teacher conference, or a movie. But then hearing gets overwhelming. I haven’t heard all the sounds most everyone hears on the daily. For instance the first time I went to the grocery store with my hearing aides in, I kept hearing a beeping noise. Like it was constant!!! Beep.. beep.. beep.. beep.. it was louder closer to the front of the store too. So finally I was like what is that noise!!! The scanner that scans the barcodes on items beeps. I’d never heard that, it drives me nuts! Or the shopping cart noise. The air conditioner, the sound of your hair on your clothes. Footsteps on carpet, those are all things hearing people hear all the time and just tune out. There were/are some sounds I hear and I don’t know what they are. Like the first time I heard the AC turn on in the house. I’d never heard that (it don’t remember hearing it when I was a kid) so it was confusing to me. Some people would get irritated or annoyed when I would ask what certain sounds were. For me I don’t know how to tune it out so it’s overwhelming. Also the toilet flushing in a public bathroom scared the living crap out of me the first time I went to the bathroom with my hearing aids in. It’s soooo loud!! My hearing aides don’t make things any louder than they are to anyone else. It’s just I normally hear things like I have ear plugs in and noise canceling headphones on, with pillows over them. LOL! I’m thankful I have the option of hearing aides. At some point I don’t know that they will work for me anymore. But I honestly don’t wear them very often. It’s just too overwhelming. Ok that was the longest comment I’ve ever left anywhere. LOL!! 💗🌵
Tricia Smith my sister has hyper mobile EDS too! I know you wrote that comment a long time ago but it’s such a rare and little-understood condition it’s kinda exciting to find other people with it. I often have to put her joints back in and things like that, it’s stressful but rewarding. People are the worst on days where it’s hidden and she’s walking without crutches or a wheelchair, because they don’t see a disability unless there’s a chair. Breaking stereotypes like this is so important and I know it’s pretty much the same for every disability. Stay strong, you’re tough and beautiful and you can do anything you want 💗
Thank You for sharing your story💜.One day I will be completely blind due to a childhood autoimmune disease called Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Trust me I was diagnosed at age 11 and teachers and other students who were psychotic, they told me all the time that children do not get arthritis. I wanted so badly to punch everyone's teeth out because that statement is bullshit. Children get arthritis too and most children die. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis attacks one of the major structures of the body the immune system. Everytime I get a cold it can travel to my heart and lungs and be life threatening from there. But the infection can also settle in the joints and eyes and it could paralyze someone or cause blindness. 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 The gene came from my aunt Jeanelle and I promise I have had tuberculosis over 5 times in my life. TB is a infection from hell.
@Tricia Smith even though your comment is long, I kind of enjoyed it. It gave me a lit bit inside info on how you cope and I have to say I am extremely proud of you. You are also a strong mama to top it all. My prayers are with you
When I worked for a women who was completely blind for over a year. She asked me to try out things with my eyes closed to better understand how and what she needs and how she lives. I think it really helped me! I also became a pro with voiceover on apple products! She was also on the spectrum so I did a few sensory simulation too to try and understand how she experiences things. I think it really helped me gain an understanding of her perspective. Im also a therapist so understanding other people is just something I love doing and basically part of my profession :P
Star Shine I really don't think the point of the whisper challenge was to poke fun or simulate being deaf. It was just a game. Just like pictionary but instead of drawing it was attempting to read lips.
Star Shine Don't feel guilty. It's really not that big of a deal. Both of them commenting on videos that are nothing but pure entertainment and are not ment to make fun or light of their specific disabilities just sounds like they are over sensitive and just want to complain about something to have something to talk about.
I've read this super cute manga about how a deaf person and a blind person fell in love, and the struggles they went through to be together. Just thought I'd mention it in case anyone else had read it. It was a korean manhua I believe, but I can't remember the title. It was really cute though, something like no ( ), no ( ), but love. Something like that.
It's 'Can't See Can't Hear But Love'. There's a lot of good manga and manhua with deafness and blindness actually - I mainly know the deafness ones (like 'Gangsta', 'Kingyou Sou', 'Koe No Katachi' and 'Hidamari Ga Kikoeru'), but it's great to read stuff like that (:
bro the deaf person is so talented it almost makes me think she’s not deaf and molly does such a good job too it’s so hard to tell that they’re blind and deaf
Stop patronising people ffs. They’re just humans loving their lives their way, they can manage their abilities with understanding and support and don’t deserve pity or special praise and pats on the back for doing things their way.
@@carlyduhlesseo3199 like the other comment said, i think she means that she is really good at lip reading and stuff. No offense was meant and i dont think they meant to say that theyre usually less talented or anything like that. Theyre just complimenting them
Sky Shooter that’s a pro of being deaf you’re kind of forced to learn and you do it everyday so you learn but, there’s way more cons then pros. Lip read is not worth it if it’s to have no ability to hear.
Im pretty sure bc of the video and what she said, she can hear molly but its like the whisper challenge. Just like molly can still see shadows and light. Shes said in her videos before tho, that she can’t lip read. (Also ik Im replying like a year later, sorry😂)
I have a blind friend but she doesn't seem it bcs when someone talks she'll look at them bcs it's we're the sounds coming from and she laughs when ppl say your not blind bcs this and this and she's just so strong ❤️❤️
Yea I hate it when people say that you're not blind or deaf or disabled in general, it's just rude when they say that, good for your friend, she is thinking positively. Oh and where**
Glad you two talked about Whisper Challenge and Blind Make Up Challenge which felt like benevolent mockery of the deaf and blind community as it was used for laughs, but if it's done respectfully and acknowledgment of real people that live like that daily, and that if someone cannot hear or see something it's not cool to laugh at them (which happens all the time). I'm so honored to hear your discussions about the trauma of growing up with disability and losing ability, my only experience with that is having symptoms and not realizing they were symptoms, I thought they were typical things that would happen to everyone, but it did not play a role into the bullying that I experienced. Your stories are so important and relatable to so many people and so many kids to this day and it's important for people to know that it happens and it's possible impacts. Great personal examples about how ignorance can create very inaccessible and dangerous experiences for people with disabilities (at the airport). SO glad you shared all of this!!
I've seen dozens of both the Whisper Challenge and Blindfolded Makeup Challenge and unfortunately I don't think many people have the deaf and blind communities in mind when creating them. The deaf and blind community actually never crossed my own mind when watching them until it was brought up in this video which I guess stems from having the privilege of being an abled person who has both their sight and their hearing.
I'm not completely blind. Just halfway blind on one eye. I can understand, that some people want to understand, what is it like to be blind or deaf. But there is no chance, they get it. It can't be done in a few minutes. I would rather say, it needs a couple of months, to get the idea. I experienced that bullying, too, because I was the only person in the classroom, who wore glasses. One funny moment, was at the day, my parents realized, I am halfway blind on one eye: I was a little child (ca. 4 years old). The eye specialist controlled my eyes and blindfolded my good eye with his hand and I thought: "Look, I can look through his hand." An awkward moment (too many times to count): My first glasses had different glass for each eye. With (much) different weights. In the kindergarden I lost the glass for my bad eye. And I hadn't noticed it!
Joy Hu I do not mean to be disrespectful in any way, but what do you mean you're completely blind? I'm new to all this and I'm actually very interested in understanding both the world of the blind and of the deaf.
most of the people I see who do those challenges are laughing at their inability to do something that other people do on a daily basis and it feels weird to do stuff differently than you know how to do. usually they aren't laughing or mocking someone who is blind of deaf on a daily basis honestly they just think it's funny it's so difficult for them and it feels weird. if someone did do the challenge mocking the blind or deaf communities that's just wrong obviously and me along with many other people would be upset about it deaf, blind, or not
"Why don't you have a stick or a dog?" _Never_ and I mean _never_ confront someone if they say they have a disability. Pisses me off. I get it. There are people who fake it, but don't have the stereotypes stuck in your head on what someone with a disability should look like.
I’ve had people tell me my disability isn’t quadriplegia just because I can move my arms. Quadriplegic doesn’t mean you can’t move four limbs, it means four limbs are affected. They failed to notice that my fingers don’t function well. Nor did they see that my triceps don’t work. So they instantly made a judgement that my disability was paraplegia. As if I would lie about my own disability for heaven sake!
Just have a look at Molly (she's looking at Rikki, following her backwards) when Rikki leans back into the sofa when imitating being dramatic. Molly can't see her but is soo in-tuned with feeling and listening. That's really cool to me! :)
kawaii waffle cat people are ignorant. She has provided countless proof that she is blind with a rare condition. She suffers with this every day and people need to recognize that
I know a hearing child of a deaf couple who used to act like and sometimes even actively pretend she was deaf too. Since she grew up within the deaf community, she kinda learned to not pay too much attention to sound and to not rely on her hearing as much as hearing people usually do, which makes sense, knowing that children learn through observing and imitating their parents. I guess she also just wanted to fit in and not be 'the hearing kid' in a deaf community. Pretty interesting.
I'm in no way saying they are lying.. but to answer your question people lie about so many things just to get views and subscribers. I personally find blind life so fascinating so for people like me, we would give her more views.
I have anxiety and that affects my life but gods hearing how badly adapted the world is to disability in education and work life is giving me lots of perspective for myself and also pissing me off, how could the teacher mock the student! That is so wrong. And how people disrespect you. I just feel like screaming, and I don't have to live with it. Credit to disabled people everywhere for dealing with us "normal" people's shit.
Karen I 💙💜💚 I really like your perspective on the topic. I was told by my mom at age 14 that she got me a job and I actually got fired from that job. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I got fired because people are ignorant and they do not understand disability.
Most US schools (not all sadly, poorer schools struggle) have the accomadations that Molly mentioned for deaf as well as blind and other disabilities. I feel bad for her that she didn't have access because it sounds like her school and her father were uninterested in advocating for her rights. My grandma would be the type of person who would be called though she specialized with the profoundly autistic.
Annelise Koskiniemi at about 6:15 she talks about having 2 separate kinds of assistance in education for her being blind. Im not sure where you got your information from.
@@ivyrose5153 I was talking about Rickie. Sorry that wasn't clear. US schools have advocates for children who need accommodations or at least most of them do. Molly is from Canada I think and it seems people think she only got that care because she's Canadian but Rickie should have had access to the same support.
I'm deaf in one ear Funny story : when I was doing my hearing test I got onto the normal machine and the person who was testing me thought the machine was broken and I saw on the paper that I got 50% of it right so I'm 100% in one ear. YES
I’m not deaf or blind but I am physically disabled. I have mild Cerebral Palsy. I was mainstreamed in school and I had a love hate relationship with it. Like Molly I had a 1 on 1 aide with me all the time. There were kids in my class that would ask my aide where she was if I was out sick from school instead of asking if I was okay. I was bullied by being called cripple and robot and a bunch of other things. I’m now in college studying pre-med. I’ve been told that I can’t be a doctor because I am disabled. I’m actually going to be getting a mobility service dog in May! Sorry if this comment was all over the place I was trying to listen to what you guys were saying and type. Have a blessed day ❤️
I have mild cerebral palsy too. I have it on the entire left side of my body. In PE I don't run as much and I doing do as much exercises. People always say lucky you! I get annoyed by that bc they think I'm lucky for being disabled. So I get what you are saying
I’m so sorry and it breaks my heart so much that humans can cause such pain to other humans, it’s not you’re fault so I don’t know why you should go trought all of that. You should love yourself and I know that as myself a girl with no disabilities it’s easy to say that since I don’t go trought that and that’s kind of real. I cannot imagine how terrible it’ll be for me, but I also think about how this is the usual for some peoples. I’m happy that peoples like you exist and I hope you get you’re dream job. Continue like that you’re an inspiration to me.
I honestly think it is so amazing that she talks even though she is deaf, I know a few deaf people and they are all afraid to talk because they dont know how they sound. Respect
Rikki's story of education really reminded me of what it was like growing up with a nonverbal learning disorder. It went undiagnosed until I was fifteen, but teachers always noticed something was...off. I had a peculiar stutter and an odd form of reasoning; rather than looking into it, the school threw me into speech therapy and expected me to fend for myself in the school environment. I was eventually misdiagnosed with ADD, and the accommodations were horrid. Basically, "make sure Alma takes her medicine before school and doesn't disrupt others. Good luck!" It wasn't until I was fifteen that my parents decided to take my issues to the school itself. I was known to be smart, but there were so many discrepancies in my reasoning and grades that it didn't seem to match up. (The tentative excuse was because of my depression and ADD.) Through a school-recommended neuropsychologist, I was finally diagnosed, but the school still had little to offer by way of accommodations. Basically, I could take tests in a quiet room. That was literally it. No shifts in homework, no shifts in the classroom, just a goddamn quiet room for tests. I dropped out shortly thereafter, and bounced around to different programs with the hope that I might find the fit. But, instead, I'm a proud high school drop-out with a GED who's at a college that actually has some idea of what accommodations should be. (I have a smart pen for notes, more time for tests, and specialty tutors I can make appointments with if need be.) (I'm also working with a different neuropsychologist than the one who diagnosed me to help 'fix' my brain--and it's really been working!)
Sky DIY Well, it's a story about my life; I can't compress it into a 5-sentence paragraph. I'm glad you found it interesting, though. I've been thinking about talking about it more to raise awareness about the state of school education and how the system treats those with disabilities and learning disorders.
I have EoE, and my teachers get really mad when I am absent. Like, "Sure! I will just take my endoscopies in the classroom! Grab an IV, teach'!" Not trying to sound dramatic, but I am scared to miss school now because they act like I am a lazy prick who loves playing hooky. Schools can only accommodate to normal students, and do not know how to deal with anyone dancing around the line, ya know? 😂
@theinquirer13 I do not exactly need any special time and/or dedication in terms of learning. I have told the administration about it, and my teachers know. It just seems like they are ticked at me all of the time. Like, I do not care if they sympathize or give a shit, I just want them to tolerate me. Sorry if I am being overly sensitive, and thanks for responding!
I have experienced it before... as have most other deaf people. It is very rare that a deaf person can't hear with the help of hearing aids or cochlear implants. Saying that, I know of people who do have degrees in sound and they have never heard anything, but that's because there are different ways of understanding sound outside of just using your ears. There are blind artists and photographers out there, too. It is possible... these things aren't all just down to the ears and eyes, but the brain and other senses too. :)
I'm so annoyed they didn't support her as a child. I'm so happy for Molly that her school, community, and family all ensured she got the support she needed, I love that so much.
I used to have a really close friend whose parents were both deaf and she could read lips and do sign language and she was pretty cool and her parents were really nice. I hate it when people hate on and make fun of the disabled community because we are all people and we should be treated equally. Love you Molly 💕❤️💕
The big problem I have with the whisper challenge is that it could have been used a chance to raise deaf awareness the same way the ice bucket challenge was used to raise ALS awareness but instead it just comes off as a big joke
I mean, the whisper challenge wasn’t intended for that. It could’ve, and hell maybe someone should’ve! (Sounds like something Markiplier could do for one of his charity livestreams.) But again, the whisper challenge is just meant to be a silly game. 🤷🏼♀️ But that’s just my take on it.
While that is true, getting denied 2 out of 2 times because you are disabled is not so great. And she is right, blind people have an employment rate of less than ten percent. And that's while most jobs could actually be done by a blind person with minor accommodations.
This is incredibly humbling to watch. The fact that I’ve been blessed enough to not have to consider what people with those disabilities deal with a go through almost makes me sick. It’s amazing to watch people who have to deal with these things that we don’t even consider an issue is amazing
I have no respect in who disliked this. This is a great video and helped me learn more about deaf and blind peoples lives and helped me realize how their lives actually are and to be careful of the things I say and do to make sure I’m not being disrespectful. Much respect given!❤️💕
John Thomas yeah I know but even if she has a little bit of hearing it would be hard to talk coz you probably couldn’t hear as much to know that your saying things right
Also, if you aren’t born deaf and your hearing decreases as you get older, you will remember how to form words and stuff. Like how you speak now, your just not able to hear yourself as well or even at all,
My lab partner in organic chemistry was deaf. We had zero problems communicating and working together. My friend is an amazing person, and so many people are afraid to approach her or feel awkward around her and you can see it makes her upset. Never let a disability prevent you from reaching out to someone and making new friends.
When I was younger my best friend was deaf and she was so amazing. When we went to preschool together her translator taught me some sign language. I love you Seneritty and you taught me to respect deaf and heading impaired people and how they feel. We sealed lives one time and I learned what it was like to depend on hearing aids, reading, and lip reading to communicate.
My best friend is hard of hearing, and on the topic of education, half the time they won't even let her sit closer to try to hear, and she needs closed captioning for most things anyway. Her parents also don't care, so she learned ASL by herself in middle school, I think. There needs to be more accommodations for deaf and blind students.
I have three WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL children. I do not understand how any parent could decide not to care about the needs of their child, no matter what those needs may be. That just makes no sense at all to me.
I am deaf and I have hearing parents. They refuse to learn sign language so it’s hard for me to learn sign language. So I continue to rely on reading lips with a cochlear implant. 🤷🏽♀️
I was thinking the same thing like if a straight guy for example dated a bisexual girl or a gay guy dated a bisexual guy or girl. Opposites apply. Also applies to trans
Ikr I had a boyfriend and I’m bisexual and everyone was asking “oh is he bisexual too?” Like no why because I’m bisexual means I must be dating another bisexual person 😤
TripleDiamond34 I also hate when people assume that if you’re a bi girl and dating a guy you’re straight, or that if you’re a bi girl and dating a girl you’re gay. NO. I’M STILL BI.
Funny, being DeafBlind myself I am in both worlds here. I had EA, mainstream school, front desk seating, CC, Sign Language Interpreters, FM System, Hearing Aids, large print things/enlarged things, magnification, ToD (Teacher of the Deaf) and ToVI/B (Teacher of the Visually Impaired/Blind). Oh the diversity. Great to be apart of the both worlds!
Deaflepuff - Abby I am totally blind and slowly losing my hearing. I have an ea, tvi, front row seaing, and usually the person beside me or my EA or tvi will tell me what I didn't hear, also use braille
I have sight and I can type without looking at the keyboard. It's called touch typing. I learned it in high school. It's super easy. Simply relies on muscle memory. And you dont need to see the keyboard to learn either. Someone can assist you in finding the location of each letter or number or symbol on the qwerty keyboard and then you practise different letter patterns and work your way up to words and the rest is history. BTW I typed out this entire comment without looking at the key board on my phone. That's how engrained the patterns are in my muscle memory. The biggest challenge for blind people would be not being able to see what you've typed on the screen and correcting any errors. But I assume there are apps that use voice programs to read out as you type.
I accidentally always press the button on my cellphone that reads text messages out loud , so that option is definitely available out there. My problem is that the automated voice that does it is soo annoying.
Hey I'm from Rikki channel and I am deaf too. Anyway I don't have a hearing guide dog but my friends does. Basically if you have deaf guide dog, if there a doorbell rang the dog would notice their deaf person, also when there is fire alarm the deaf dog would notice their deaf owners and all other stuff like phone ring, text message, doorbell. BUT it can give the deaf person confidence when they have deaf guide dog when the deaf person goes out the other people would know that person is deaf. Molly I subscribe to you ur amazing
I am not blind or deaf, but I am an amputee. I lost my leg when I was 3 years old. I couldn't run as fast as my friends growing up, but I could run and play and do everything they did. When I was 19 I discovered hiking and freaking LOVED it. I'd hiked a little when I was younger, but when I was 19 (this was 1989) I got a MUCH better leg that really made hiking possible for me. when I was 23 or 24 I hiked from the South rim of the Grand Canon to Phantom Ranch (right on the river) and back in one day. This is a 20 mile hike with a decent from 7000 to 2000 feet then back to 7000 feet. This hike is so hard, so many people have tried and failed, needing to be rescued, this hike is no longer even legal (it was legal; when I did it). But I didn't fail. I walked the entire hike on my own. I feel the main reason I was able to do this is because nobody ever told me I couldn't.
Eric Taylor Wow, holy shit. Well done for having the courage and determination as a hiker and an amputee to hike across from the Grand Canon to Phantom Ranch. I’m pretty sure a lot of people (including me) wouldn’t have ever dared to go on that journey, so well done!
Closed captions are excellent for so many different reasons. I love it because it is such an excellent tool for language learning. It also helps if your attention slips, or if someone speaks in an accent you are unfamiliar with, or any of the little things that make communication and understanding challenging. Thanks for adding them to this video :)
Great i found your channel Molly, thanks to Rikki!! Deaf and Blind power!! Greetings from Chile, im trying to share your videos to the deaf community here in Chile, i guess they may be very helpful for us here.
As a person who is hard of hearing, this is such a relatable video. So many people are ignorant and I’m so thankful for people like the both of y’all raising awareness about these types of subjects. It really makes me feel very happy to know I’m not the only person who lives life this way. I honestly cried. Thank you, the both of you!
i am really mad that rikki parents didn't even care, if your son or daughter is having a problem you should notice and find a way that they have every tool that they need to conquer that problem, or to help them with that.
my little boy is partially deaf; I'm worried. he's only 3 so we are doing small signs at the moment. But I literally don't know what I can do for supoort ect; if he needs it etc. he can hear out one ear; so people say I don't need to get support. But people have already been making comments on his speech. it makes communication so hard and affects his behaviour; he goes to a one on one nursery BUT I'm a student and cant afford it but scared to put him in mainstream. I'm in the UK x
i see. i have different friends and acquaintances. i am deaf since birth, in both ears. i will tell you about people with 1funcionally ear that i know, (just my experience, not for everyone), they have struggles, that is a fact. but the same as me? as far as they told me about it, not that much as i get. the ones that know sign language, reading caption, or books have better managing life, school and work than people that doesn't, generally. i think, they have more tools for communication, and more support, all of them went to mainstream school. but always attended at deaf school, at afternoon. so it's better to make him prepared to deal all difficults than leaving him alone i will say, that is my opinion and experience that i witnessed. aside that, sorry my english. it is not my main language, in fact my 3rd language. have good day, from Argentina
You have a lot of options one being teaching your child American Sign Language which is the most important. Another option is Cochlear Implants which allows the child to hear. The third option is putting your child in a deaf school where they can acclimate to their language.
I love you guys.... I too have an invisible illness and the looks and comments I get with my service dog ..... so bloody annoying!! Just because I'm not blind doesn't mean I don't need one! I have a dog that will warn me to lay down when I'm about to faint, also with the meds I'm on I'll sleep through fire alarms and I sleep walk (among other very fun things!!). She's saved my life several times.
Love love LOVE that this video has CC, recently my hearing has gotten progressively worse and now I get almost nothing in my right ear and loud ringing in my left that doesn't go away. Thank you so very much for doing captions.
at my cooking class these two kids with mental disabilities had a teacher with them and sometimes she was so mean and it pissed me off and she was old and i helped them cook more than she could lol
My brother had a similar situation at his cooking class. Problem was he in a group filled with those with autism, himself included. There was an aid there, but it was like she wanted to thrust her own opinion or something. My brother was the most capable student in the group and even knew more about cooking than the aid, which was really frustrating on his part. His food was always amazing btw. ;)
My dream, since third grade, has been to be a Deaf Education Teacher. It's really heartbreaking that deaf kids in the world don't have proper communication with others or even their parents, not from their own lack of trying, but because the school system, their families or even people around them have failed. I don't want to be their voice, I want them to find their own voice through beautiful ASL💗 I love Molly and I love Rikki💝💝💝
Yeah and Rikki had to lip read, I actually read a boom about a mute and a deaf boy and he had struggles at the start of the book when he had to try to lip read the teacher but he kept moving his head and the girl was like "CAN YOU JUST KEEP YOUR HEAD STILL?" molly was moving her head and kinda talking fads but their friends so maybe they started off slow and went into fast?
The reason they wear headphones with music is because ear plugs don't work good enough to block out sound. I tried it and even when the music got quiet I could still hear so it even needs to be really loud music.
Omg closed captioning, :D can't wait for more videos with closed captions! That way I don't have to blare the volume or wear my hearing aid to be able to understand what is happening.
First of all, thank you both for taking the time to sit down together and make this video, and to have a frank discussion about what your experiences are like, showing some of the similarities, and many differences, that deaf and blind people experience. It was particularly interesting for me to catch moments where Rikki would do something visual that Molly wouldn't catch, or Molly would say something that Rikki wouldn't catch, in both situations the other seemingly unaware that their co-host had missed something. I think this is good for people who feel like they goof when interacting with deaf or blind people to see as a way of saying, "Look, it's natural to goof up from time to time. They're making a video about it and even they do it. Just be aware and don't be stupid." Thanks again for making this. I enjoyed it.
I'm hard of hearing and they made me play Telephone in school and I kept telling them I couldn't hear and they said 'just say what you think they're saying' but I couldn't make out any words so I finally faked it and made something up.
I’m not trying to be rude or anything, but that’s honestly hilarious. I have bad hearing, I’m not hard of hearing but my hearing isn’t stellar either, and I can totally relate!
I use speech to text quite frequently to type. I'm hoping to take advantage of the accessibility features on my phone for convenience. I'm not blind or deaf. Just near sighted with astigmatism can get corrected with lenses.
I love that Rikki keeps talking with her hands but Molly can't see shes doing that 😂 They both are so brave for talking about their complications to the public!! 💕
I'm legally blind and a lot of people don't think that that even is a thing. It really bothers me, not because they don't know what it is but because they thought it was a joke from a meme, proceed to say the meme to "make fun of me" (whether it be intentional or not), then continue to not believe that being legally blind is a real thing.
I really hope you are kidding with that message. She literally explains in the video. Please educate yourself before you go and comment on other peoples post.
Legally blind isn't always completely blind. I'm legally blind but I have VERY strong contacts and glasses to see with. Without them I can only see maybe see about a foot in front of my face everything else is blurs of colors and shapes
I was diagnosed with hearing loss this past year and discovered that I am actually 5 decibels above legally deaf for speech. I was never given accommodations in school and was told that I had "selective hearing." I feel like the lack of accommodations may have actually helped to contribute to why I am able to read lips and integrate with society so well.
JoAnne Wirtz Hi! My name is Kiara and I’m 16. I was told I had hearing loss in both ears but the left was more damaged than the right when I was in kindergarten. I’ve had to wear a hearing aid for all these years and I’m still really self conscious about it. My mom constantly nags me to wear it but it’s still uncomfortable and unenjoyable to me.
I took an ASL class at community college. My teacher, who is deaf, got a guide dog around the end of our class. She said the dog would alert her to things like the fire alarm and such. And she brought her kids with her, who are hearing, and the kids were making a bunch of noise in the middle of class, which they weren’t supposed to be doing. The dog actually barked and nudged her to communicate that, which was pretty cool to see, and she was able to stop and deal with her kids and get the class back on track.
Deaf service dogs help in many public areas like in crowded areas where you need to know if a car is honking at you, or you don’t hear a car coming, or a PSA, etc. they can call your attention to dangerous situations or important sounds you can’t hear.
I actually have to study right now. But I want to add spanish subtitles to this video and the others you have. I really want to support your channel and I really want to share your videos with my friends and I think that it would help deaf spanish speakers. Hug form Argentina Molly, I think your are doiung a really good job.
For me as a deaf person I was lucky (in school.) I think it helped that my grandpa was the head of the school board (he hired and fired teachers as part of his job) so none of the teachers bothered me (one teacher was nervous about me being in her class, but she soon realized that I wasn't going to just complain about her for no reason. However, there was one teacher who-wasn't necessarily trying to be mean, but she wouldn't slow down her speech (she talked really fast.) I couldn't write the notes down and listen to her at the same time (even though I had a cochlear implant and a mic-a device that helps my implant focus on sound better;) she didn't give us enough time to write down the notes. The textbook was too confusing for me to understand. Eventually I told my aid I was behind in that class and the school forced the teacher to give me the powerpoint notes and other notes that were related to the assignments so I could find the answer better. She apparently was very angry about this but complained less when my grandpa got involved. She added acronyms I didn't know existed and had cursive writing-which is difficult for me to read, so I couldn't understand everything. My aid and mom said she was being mean but I decided the teacher just didn't want things to "be easier for me because I was deaf." (even though I was basically failing her class.) I barely passed but I didn't have to take it again. She was usually a nice person, but she didn't understand that I was still deaf even with the implant. She just wasn't the right teacher for me. I HATED watching movies in school, especially on TH-cam. My English teacher had a good laugh because the TH-cam captions were so horrible. They should've been called craptions (yes I stole that from Rikki, sorrynotsorry) I never got to understand the obsession with Bill Nye because he had no captions! His videos looked fun, but I never understood what he was saying. high school had the most accommodations set that still allowed me to be independent, but I still wish I had known sign language though. I believe that would've helped my education a lot more then my implant did.
Chronically me omg same went through the same thing! It’s was really annoying tht when I was a kid they didn’t have captions in school and now with TH-cam. I wished I had learn sign language when I had the chance :/
Molly speaks pretty fast and I'm very impressed when Rikki understands it very well
ah i see
I couldn't even tell, pretty amazing still :D
CementCake She's nodding and understanding that's like 1000/10
Riki can read lips
Rikki Poynter That's how I feel in French class
Her speech is amazing! I’ve heard many deef people can’t talk because they can’t hear but hers is so good!
lol. I think you mean "deaf".
A lot of deaf people who talk went deaf later in life after they have already learned how to speak. A lot of people who go deaf as young children or were born deaf don't or have a much harder time talking.
Shia sorry but you put a d instead of f that confused me for a second
Madison Maggio sorry but its deaf*
Riki was hearing and gradually went deaf, I don’t know if she’s been getting speech therapy, but she has a background in speech. Every person is different, this Deaf actress was born deaf and grew up with asl, but learned speech because she wanted to and she can speak more clearly than Riki. Did you know that ASL was banned in classrooms for several years?(this was a while ago) Many deaf children were forced to receive oral education and do speech therapy. Thank goodness that’s gone now, but what came out of that was many children being successful in speech and many children with the same education struggled because they weren’t allowed to use asl(which is messed up). Some deaf people are comfortable with their voice and some just don’t see the point in using it, because they identify with their language and it’s associated culture(like a French person might) It’s a frustrating thing to learn, or it can be easier for different people.
I feel so bad for them because people can be such assholes and i would love to be their friend
I would love to learn how to comunicate with deaf people!
Cat Cat same☺️
One of my best friends is dead and I cant tell you how many times shes been treated badly by assholes
Cat Cat me 2
Same
one of my good friends is deaf so instead of taking French like I wanted I decided to take ASL for her
ultimate fruit loop OMG HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 9 LIKES YOU BEAUTIFUL PERSON!?! HERES ONE FROM ME(btw I’m deaf too!)😁😁😁
Awww my brother is deaf I did the same
That’s so sweet
That’s nice
I wish ASL was an option at our local schools. My daughter who is Deaf is transported to a different school district to attend a Deaf Ed class. 😥
My daughter made a friend at church years ago, who was just visiting her grandparents for the summer, who went back home and took ASL classes at her school and now returns every summer to interpret for my daughter during summer activities at church.
Hi Molly, I've just submitted italian subtitles for this video so italian people who don't understand english very well will be able to watch it! The subtitles will be available soon. Have a nice day!
Ecco chi è stato. Io sono bilingue, ma ti ringrazio comunque a nome di chiunque sia italiano e abbia problemi con l'inglese. Much love.
How do you do that and why only Italian ppl
Gracie Plays I guess because that’s the only language he knows lol. He can’t do Chinese,Japanese etc if he doesn’t know it
Laowyn aw that’s so nice 👍
That’s very thoughtful of you!
lip reading PRO
Well I mean a lot of deaf people have to lip read so they kindav have to be “pros”
um did you mean deaf i just confused btw im not hating
Tahlia Crossie the fact that u couldn’t read through that spelling mistake is annoying
Maddie_ Unicorn ik it’s amazing
Tahlia Crossie wtf common sense ???
The lady at the airport who said "If you're blind why don't you have a cane or a service dog?" Wut. Would be tempting to reply "Oh SH*T he isn't here??????"
The lady who, when I was at the city bus's main office...
I brought in my half fare paperwork (in my town you get on the bus for half price) and the receptionist goes "why does this say you're blind?" I HAD my cane and she asked... my only response was "Uhhh because I am..."
this is like when i get questions from people (mostly kids tho) about how i walk and my braces and i'm like "idk it just happened one day"
Brianna Smith sounds so familiar. Sometimes when I ask the bus number or the destination, the driver asks “isn’t it on the front of the bus?”. Well... I guess it is... Usually lifting my cane a little higher says enough for them to apologize, but I don’t mind...
I prefer for people to forget or not notice that I am visually impaired, over acting so obviously impaired that no one can not notice🙈.
LOL
@@sabbaby4430 cane corso
It's crazy how they don't even seem like they are deaf/blind
Fab _ your pfp pic oof
Yeah, they're both incredible people!
It’s not nessesarily visual unless they tell you you might not know.
Edit: cause I’m deaf, and I use hearing aids but people don’t tend to know I’m deaf unless I tell them, because I talk so clearly.
hi army xd
@@yumeko7781 Hello!
I work in food and at my first job there was always an older deaf couple who would come in (it was a hot dog place) and they would always order the same thing and I started learning a bit of ASL just for them and when they came in one day I started signing to them and they’re faces lit up cause I was able to talk to them and ask them they’re order and drinks instead of them having to write it down, and my manger told me every time they would come in and I want there they would ask for me cause we had name tags of course, and after I quit working there they asked for where I worked after and they would stop in and visit and tell me hello and everything I quit that job to work at my current job and I haven’t seen them since but I hope I see them again cause they were so nice and sweet!
You are the sweet one! You learned ASL JUST so you could communicate with TWO SPECIFIC people? That takes some HUGE dedication! Bless you!
Lyssa Salinas That is so kind and generous of you this makes me so happy. I feel like the world needs more people like you. I feel like living is harder when nobody understands and you listened and understood. People like you make people feel better every single day. Thank-you for being an awesome, we need more people like you in this world.
The little bit of ASL I learned as a toddler has helped me so much in working in restaurants! You can just tell how relieved people are when they can put away their notepads and just order. You're amazing for learning ASL just for these customers💕
That is so sweet my eyes are watering a little...
That being said, I don't understand why we don't all learn some ASL basics in school instead of foreign languages that most of us will never use.
That is so sweet!
I'm really grateful for every video that has captioning. I'm not completely deaf but it really helps people like me enjoy videos.
Saland Findles Same ☺ I'm not deaf, but I have mild hearing loss so I usually have the volume all the way up to watch TH-cam and I've gone through so many pairs of headphones because they just stop working from the vibration 😂
Saland Findles im half deaf too ;)
Captions really do help! I'm glad I'm not alone in reading with captions and subtitle.
I’m glad for the sound because I’m partially blind 😅
You can turn on captions for every video now!
I am deaf at my left ear. It's pretty frustrating sometimes, because you dont know where the sound is coming from.
Sander Honig same, I wasn't born with it, last year I got frost bite on my left ear and they had to take off my ear, and then close the hole so I can't hear at all out of it.
My brother is deaf in his right ear. He had a brain tumor and lost his hearing on the right side. He has the same problem with not knowing what direction a sound is coming from. :/
fyi, Millie Bobby Brown, a famous actor known for the series Stranger Things, she's also deaf in one ear.
I hit my head about a year and a half ago and lost hearing completely from my left ear and have the same problem being on a sports team and dancing I never know where sounds are coming from and people are really rude about it. And if sounds are too loud I can’t hear people talking or sports corrections and it’s really frustrating always feeling like I’m missing half of what’s going on. So I’m glad I’m not alone.
My brother and mom are both pretty much deaf in one ear and what gets me is insurance covers glasses, but it doesn't cover hearing aids.
OMG, that hit me hard!
“Nevermind” is so disrespectful to those of us who can’t hear!!!!
Sadly, everyone I know does this. 😭
state924 I admit that I did do that once. Then I found out how offensive it is. I will never do it again!!! I truly apologize for doing that in the past. Respect to you, my friend.
I have auditory processing disorder and hyperaccussis.... I hate this more than anything. Please just repeat yourself more clearly.
Purple • Seal Awww, thank you. Yes, I still feel bad for doing it at all but I truly didn’t know at the time that it was rude and condescending. I will never do it again and I’m educating myself more now!
Purple • Seal Always!
It drives me crazy, but then I remember that I used to do the same thing to my dad before I went Deaf. People are careless.
Wow I'm surprised she was able to red HER lips, she talks so fast!!
soulsmusic15 she doesn’t read lips, as she can’t do lipreading. Rather she has a device in her ear :-)
Suzy why can’t she 💀
TheChicas cuz lip reading is incredibly difficult and isn’t a good way of communication.
@@niclastname9123 Uh *alot* of people can do lip reading. When its one person, and you are used to being deaf, it becomes easier and more normal to understand.
soulsmusic15 most deaf people are used to it because they get it when there’re younger and it’s read*
The fly buzzing around the room had me trippin
KazAFK was looking 4 this comment to see if I was the only one jaja
Same
Same
KazAFK (^_^)
SAME
My boyfriend was born 70% deaf. I really love youtube and its frustrating sometimes because i wanna watch videos with him but he cant hear and there arent any CCs which he needs even to watch movies. I just wish more people did CCs on there videos... :/
Haley K yeah I wish movies/youtube/tv/ or anything could all have the cc option because my boyfriend's grandpa can't hear so he has to have the cc on the tv. Sometimes it won't let us do the cc on an Astros game we want to watch. Also in conversations I have to almost yell for him to hear me and it don't help he just got out of the hospital for a minor aneurism in his brain. Sorry I'm rambling but yes I wish everything could be helpful for the deaf and the blind
I’m not deaf but I have a hard time focusing on individual sounds (maybe the best way to describe it would be that everything sounds “blurry”?) so captions really help when I’m watching videos. I also wish more videos would do captioning.
I have issues with just listening to movies cause of disability stuff I'm not going into here, But I always use closed captions when possible and literally hate it when movies, tv doesn't have it because I miss stuff it's so c.rap, I don't see why they don't just put CC or the option for it on everything.
You can help with the CCs - I recently found that :)
So the more of us do a bit, the better it will get!
I totally agree. Also CC are useful for people who are learning the language, usually reading a foreign language is easier than listening to it.
Imagine being deaf and blind
( plz stop commenting Helen Keller Ik she was blind and deaf but I’m just saying imagine if you were)
Like Helen Keller she was blind and deaf
There are plenty of people who are blind and deaf. (To me it seems quite hard but maybe that's just cause I'm sighted and hearing)
Helen Keller was
Helen Keller
banana bunny i’ve always been confused on helen keller because wasn’t she born deaf and blind? i really don’t want to sound offensive or anything i’m just curious on how she learned to be like so successful and to communicate or anything??
my best friend is deaf and i learned ASL so i could talk to him.
That's so nice. I learned some Spanish and some very simple Mandarin for friends. I wanted to learn ASL, but I keep quitting when I start to forget stuff.
Same. But for me, she a girl.
Lol I learned some asl for no reason
wowdelocks vonderghist My brother is deaf too, I’m still learning ASL but I hope to learn more.
That’s so nice
Service dogs for the deaf do things like alert you when someone is trying to get your attention, your phone is ringing, door knocking, police sirens, etc etc. To my understanding, it is just mostly little things like that
A Nielson to those of us that cannot hear and need these services that a trained service dog can provide, they certainly mean more than “little things”. Just thought I would point that out.
A Nielson they are also to alert you to subtle noises like, road crossings, cars, other people and general house hold items. Those dogs are the difference between life and death for some people. ( myself included ).
A nielson, it sounded like you literally just repeated what they listed in the video lmao
It's not just little things some of it is a life and deaf situations
A big thing they can help alert to (as a service dog user and with my mother being 80% deaf) is alerting to fire alarms and/or smoke detectors.
I'm blind but I've heard that a deaf service dog can:
Alert you to someone knocking or saying your name
Alert you to somebody approaching you from an angle you can't see
Stuff like that
That's cool!
They can also help balance because sometimes deaf people have bad balance i am not deaf but this is what a deaf person told me
I’ve seen deaf girls in college being isolated socially and it always got to me and still does. I tried to communicate with a girl once, I went over and used the notes on my phone to say hello to her and I was so worried I’d accidentally offend her or make her uncomfortable. I believe asl/bsl should be taught in school, like we learn french and Spanish because had that happened we’d have been able to include her and any deaf person ever, and he/she could sign in class during discussions and it wouldn’t be as difficult to keep up, in a world we’d all know the signs and could talk and sign together. I noticed that in her, and it must be tiring and frustrating because I know she would’ve missed bits and bobs because we’d go too fast often as a group. Same with basic education for the blind, explaining how service dogs work, how to properly react and not go by the Hollywood stereotypes. I’ve learned so much by watching your videos molly and it’s frustrating that as simple as it is to learn and understand, the ableist community are taking so long to take these things into consideration. Really hope soon these things start happening
That's not practical in the modern era, especially with virtually everybody having a phone with them. Yes, it would be nice for more people to know how to sign, but is it really worth that kind of effort? You could say the same thing about just about any foreign language or knowing how to better communicate with people that have other disabilities.
One of the big concerns that the deaf/hard of hearing community has is the loss of their culture as even people who are themselves unable to hear well enough to communicate either get implants or use other means of communicating. Adding additional people on top of that who don't need to know how, isn't going to address that.
But yeah, one of the big differences between being blind versus deaf is that being blind cuts you off from the world, but being deaf tends to cut you off from other people. I had know idea just how bad my vision had gotten until I went on a date with a deaf woman. Granted, she's a graphic artist, but I had no idea just how much I was favoring my hearing over my sight.
I get it there was a sweet girl that was deaf in my class and she was so so sweet her name is Kaylee. She would braid my hair in 8th grade and I would try to make her laugh.:) People for real labeled her as deaf girl. I think that is offensive but idk
Faith Plaisance aw that’s so sweet. I don’t wanna speak for her or her community, but I will say I’d never call someone the “deaf girl”. The best we can do is learn, be open minded and care for everyone, regardless of abilities.
@@abbiegordon5703 fr imagine being deaf and Spanish. No one speaks your language and your deaf poor Kaylee
:( thanks for the reply!
I wish I could learn ASL so bad but it just isn't an option at my school and I just don't have the time to learn it outside school
Isn't it illegal to not hire somebody based solely on their disability if the disability doesn't affect the job. ie: deaf person applying for a janitorial position.
not like the police or lawyer were present in the place to oversee the situation
Alexandra Madeira you know it is, but it is not considered discriminatory if they company feels that they would not be able to perform the job with very limited accommodation. So because chipotle is noisy, that would be already distracting for Rikki, then the pace of working on the line, with out a ASL interpreter to verify the order is correct, and so on. The accommodation for the position and pay has to be with in reason.
Alexandra Madeira It all depends. It is illegal to not hire someone solely on disability, yes. But if it interferes with the job being done as a whole, the employer does have some sort of right to deny the person. However, if you can still do the job, just not as well, I'd say it's arguable. For example, I have a stutter. It's technically considered a disability, but I'm obviously still able to speak, I'm just not as fluent as the next person. In that case, employers can't not hire me solely based on the fact that I have a stutter. If I can get the job done, why not at least let me try?
True. &imagine proving that a company didn't hire you based solely on your disability. No company is going to admit it, they'll just say "we hired somebody who was more qualified."
Alexandra Madeira
speaking as someone disabled, just because it's illegal doesn't mean that it doesn't happen
I love you guys. It's so great to have you both as representatives of your communities on TH-cam. You're both such intelligent, beautiful, independent, and inspiring women. you show that blind, deaf, and other disabled people are just as smart, fun, talented, friendly, attractive, capable, etc. as sighted/hearing people. Too many people assume deaf or blind people are incapable recluses who don't care about their appearance, can't have friends or jobs. One of my close friends is partially blind, and people always say "but you're so pretty!" Or "but you are so smart!" Like there's no correlation between being blind and your attractiveness or intelligence, so it's offensive to her that people act shocked that she's just a normal person or when they say she's this or that "for a blind girl"
Thank you so much for your support, love!
This is an actual conversation I had with my teacher twice.
Me: Can I be moved closer to the board? I can't see.
Her: You can't see?
Me: No.
Her: Okay. *walks away*
Shiningsheep 5 I used to tell my teacher all the time that I couldn't see the board and ask if I could move forward and people used to always get super ticked off like students would stand next to my desk and go "I can see that so you can too"
Wow that’s so not cool
That's mean 😡
Ahhh some teachers just dont understand and thats scary as they are teaching the next gen
DreamsThings&Aardvarks. Same. I wear glasses but my prescription is changing really fast so I get new glasses every 6-8 months. I have to ask people what the board says and they ignore me and it's so annoying.
When Molly is talking... take off the sound from your speakers, and just for a second try to lip read her. Then when Rikki is talking, close your eyes and just listen to her, no subtitles on. Both things are absolutly possible to do. But the excercise might give us, priviledged audience, a deeper experience to thos video.
Yeees! Totally, the first thing i noticed was much i was unable to get them
I'm not an expert on lip reading but I have APD so I've learned to read people's lips while they're talking so I have better understanding on what they're saying
Personally I can’t lip read, so it was really hard to understand molly especially since she talks sorta fast. I watch videos without looking at them all the time so I’m fairly used to it if I had to chose whether to be blind or deaf I would chose to be blind since I have more experience with it
Luckily not everyone talks as fast as Molly! She's very passionate, but i imagine it's difficult for lip readers.
Molly is blind and rikki is deaf
I'm not Deaf Personally but one girl out of my hole school, is blind, and she gets allot of hate for that. She is one of the Happiest people I have EVER Met! She's an AMAZING Singer and a Great Friend. I love this video so much, it means allot to me and my Friend.
That's beautiful.
Who is "hating" on a blind person at your school? Just curious
When someone is different people pick up on them whether is jealousy of their talent or mockery on their disability!
But I guess people born with certain disability to experience the world differently!
That’s really sweet and great but you spelt whole wrong I’m sorry lol
Yah I agree, I’m partially blind so this was a huge problem for me.
Also this story specifically is so inspirational
my grandpa is blind and my grandmas sister (my great aunt) is deaf and they’re always talking
That’s so cute :3
@@ww-bp3sl frrrr 😭💕
I don't know if you have heard of it, but there is a pretty interesting place in Germany (I am not sure if it exists anywhere else) where you can experience being blind or deaf for 30 minutes. I did the blind thing and they basically set up several rooms as common places (a park, a market, a house, a bar) completely in the dark. And then a blind guide is in there waiting to walk you through it. He never touched my arm or anything, he always knew where I was based on the sound of my voice. It was a really impressive and interesting experience. I felt like I had been invited to his world.
I did this in Hamburg it was scary but really enlightening. If you have the chance I would recommend doing it as it's honestly amazing and the guides are incredible and can listen to yoir voice once and know who you are.
Mariana D. I did it in Israel, it was pretty cool
ohh I did that with my sister, and it was really eye opening
Wait, I don't understand. Why don't you just blindfold yourself?
You can do that in the Netherlands too
I love the open conversation about things that are difficult for blind and deaf. I love my hearing dog! She is amazing!! Shes trained specifically for my needs. I am also in a power chair due to other health issues. I have a condition called hEDS. Basically my joints hyperextend and can dislocate or the soft tissues rip, it also causes a lot of other health issues, like my hearing loss and vision strain (I also wear bi-focal glasses). Some of the things she alerts me to is when my name is being called (that was the hardest thing to train) when someone walks up behind me, when my kids are crying or fighting (not a taught alert, just something she figured out herself, she’s amazing!!) when someone is at the door, when someone is talking to me, she does a lot! One thing she alerted me to that she is NOT AT ALL trained for is when I started to have a heart attack. She had never ever scream barked before. She was acting weird all morning. I really felt sick all morning too, but I decided to drive my kids to school anyway. On the way I started to feel nauseated, achey and I knew something wasn’t right but it was when she started to scream bark that I realized I needed to get to the hospital. I was actually only minutes away so I drove myself. She scream barked all the way till I got to the ER. I don’t know how else to explain it, it wasn’t a normal dog bark, it was like the sound of a dog being murdered or something, she’s never made that sound since either. They triaged me and immediately put me in a bed. Bella laid on my chest licking the nurse as she put the heart monitor leads on me. It was like she was asking them to take care of me. They had her move to the end of the bed and finished that test and then gave me meds to slow my heart rate which was up at like 250bpm! (My heart has damage already from pulmonary embolisms) I have a bed for Bella to lay in when I’m out with her, I just hang it on the back of my power chair when not using it and then when I want her to lay down and stay I just place it where I want her and she stays there. As soon as my heart began to beat at a normal rhythm, you could see her body begin to relax. The drs and nurses were all so shocked at how in tune with my body she was (but we are together 24/7, she even sleeps in bed on a pillow next to my head with me). They had to do more tests to make sure I was ok (echo cardiogram and CT scan and some other stuff) they let her stay with me through it all. (During the CT scan she stayed with the technician in the booth.) I had a stroke a few years before and a few before that I had massive bi-lateral pulmonary embolisms. So I’ve had a lot of serious health issues. I spend a lot of my time in bed and she spends a lot of her time with me in bed. She plays a lot too. My 4 kids love her too! She’s so much more than just a service animal to me. She’s like my 5th kid. We have 2 other dogs as well. I love them to bits too, but the bond between and service animal and their person is just so special. Don’t get me wrong I really love my other 2 dogs as well. They are amazing!!! They are both 11 years old. One is a pit mix and the other a golden retriever. Bella is just with me 24/7, I rarely ever go anywhere with out her.
I am not 100% deaf, some people don’t understand that. It’s like they think your only hearing or only deaf. But there is a huge range of in between. I actually can hear a lot! But there is A LOT I can’t hear. High pitch sounds I can’t hear at all. Women and children are hard to hear. There are other tones I can’t hear as well. I can’t hear anything outside of a room with a closed door, someone calling my name in a place with back ground noise. I miss out on a lot of words in conversations where there are a lot of people or back ground noises. I can’t hear an ambulance, fire truck or police siren until it’s right next to me. (She alerts me to those too) When I got my hearing aides for the first time my 4 kids were standing behind me and the Dr asked them to talk to me. I couldn’t tell who was who because I had NEVER heard their “real” voices before. (I balled my eyes out!) They sound totally different with out my hearing aides. I was 28 when I got my hearing aides. I’m 38 now. I got Bella is almost 4 years old. I got her when she was a puppy. She’s a small dog. She’s a wire hair Parsons Terrier (very similar to a Jack Russell). She’s white and peach. She weighs about 30 pounds. Since I’m in a chair I had her trained to stay in my lap when we are out. It’s easier for me to see her cues and to handle her. Since in a chair one hand is working the chair controls. She is trained to stand up to alert me. If I don’t pay attention to that she will begin to lick the top of my hand. If I don’t pay attention to that, her last ditch effort is a bark. Which really she never needs to do. She is just so smart! We recently went to my daughters college for orientation. (My oldest is 17 and graduated high school and starts college in Aug) They had different speakers come up to talk. She was in her bed in front of me on the floor and what was really cool was she would alert me each time there was a new speaker. She couldn’t see anything on stage, but each time a new person spoke she would alert me. It just always amazes me how smart she is and how she doesn’t forget her training. People in the row in front of me didn’t know I had a service dog and finally started giving me weird looks when I would tell her “thank you, good girl, lay down”. LOL! I finally said, sorry I have a service dog, they quickly apologized and quietly said they legit thought I was talking to a small child like it was a dog. So when I told them I was actually talking to my dog they felt silly. We all laughed!! It may sound weird but I always thank her when she alerts me, it’s her positive reinforcement.
I didn’t even realize I was loosing my hearing. I thought that’s how it was for everyone. It was the same way when I found out I had Narcolepsy. I thought everyone was always tired and could sleep anywhere. LOL! My husband was the one that told my Dr that he thought I was going deaf. So I saw an audiologist and had my hearing tested and it came back I had profound hearing loss. Mine is progressive so as I get older I loose more of my ability to hear. I do and don’t like my hearing aides. I do when there is something I really want to hear. Like a parent teacher conference, or a movie. But then hearing gets overwhelming. I haven’t heard all the sounds most everyone hears on the daily. For instance the first time I went to the grocery store with my hearing aides in, I kept hearing a beeping noise. Like it was constant!!! Beep.. beep.. beep.. beep.. it was louder closer to the front of the store too. So finally I was like what is that noise!!! The scanner that scans the barcodes on items beeps. I’d never heard that, it drives me nuts! Or the shopping cart noise. The air conditioner, the sound of your hair on your clothes. Footsteps on carpet, those are all things hearing people hear all the time and just tune out. There were/are some sounds I hear and I don’t know what they are. Like the first time I heard the AC turn on in the house. I’d never heard that (it don’t remember hearing it when I was a kid) so it was confusing to me. Some people would get irritated or annoyed when I would ask what certain sounds were. For me I don’t know how to tune it out so it’s overwhelming. Also the toilet flushing in a public bathroom scared the living crap out of me the first time I went to the bathroom with my hearing aids in. It’s soooo loud!! My hearing aides don’t make things any louder than they are to anyone else. It’s just I normally hear things like I have ear plugs in and noise canceling headphones on, with pillows over them. LOL! I’m thankful I have the option of hearing aides. At some point I don’t know that they will work for me anymore. But I honestly don’t wear them very often. It’s just too overwhelming. Ok that was the longest comment I’ve ever left anywhere. LOL!! 💗🌵
Wow thats long
Tricia Smith my sister has hyper mobile EDS too! I know you wrote that comment a long time ago but it’s such a rare and little-understood condition it’s kinda exciting to find other people with it. I often have to put her joints back in and things like that, it’s stressful but rewarding. People are the worst on days where it’s hidden and she’s walking without crutches or a wheelchair, because they don’t see a disability unless there’s a chair. Breaking stereotypes like this is so important and I know it’s pretty much the same for every disability. Stay strong, you’re tough and beautiful and you can do anything you want 💗
Thank You for sharing your story💜.One day I will be completely blind due to a childhood autoimmune disease called Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Trust me I was diagnosed at age 11 and teachers and other students who were psychotic, they told me all the time that children do not get arthritis. I wanted so badly to punch everyone's teeth out because that statement is bullshit. Children get arthritis too and most children die.
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Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis attacks one of the major structures of the body the immune system. Everytime I get a cold it can travel to my heart and lungs and be life threatening from there. But the infection can also settle in the joints and eyes and it could paralyze someone or cause blindness.
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The gene came from my aunt Jeanelle and I promise I have had tuberculosis over 5 times in my life. TB is a infection from hell.
@@jacquelinesmith-jackson2815 praying for you sis.
@Tricia Smith even though your comment is long, I kind of enjoyed it. It gave me a lit bit inside info on how you cope and I have to say I am extremely proud of you. You are also a strong mama to top it all. My prayers are with you
When I worked for a women who was completely blind for over a year. She asked me to try out things with my eyes closed to better understand how and what she needs and how she lives. I think it really helped me! I also became a pro with voiceover on apple products! She was also on the spectrum so I did a few sensory simulation too to try and understand how she experiences things. I think it really helped me gain an understanding of her perspective. Im also a therapist so understanding other people is just something I love doing and basically part of my profession :P
I kinda feel guilty for enjoying the whisper challenge.. it's never something I considered.
Star Shine I really don't think the point of the whisper challenge was to poke fun or simulate being deaf. It was just a game. Just like pictionary but instead of drawing it was attempting to read lips.
Natalia R True. It wasn't done with any malicious intent of anything.
Star Shine that's what I think too
Star Shine Don't feel guilty. It's really not that big of a deal. Both of them commenting on videos that are nothing but pure entertainment and are not ment to make fun or light of their specific disabilities just sounds like they are over sensitive and just want to complain about something to have something to talk about.
Star Shine it's a game... It has nothing to do with being deaf or making fun of being deaf
I've read this super cute manga about how a deaf person and a blind person fell in love, and the struggles they went through to be together. Just thought I'd mention it in case anyone else had read it. It was a korean manhua I believe, but I can't remember the title. It was really cute though, something like no ( ), no ( ), but love. Something like that.
It's 'Can't See Can't Hear But Love'. There's a lot of good manga and manhua with deafness and blindness actually - I mainly know the deafness ones (like 'Gangsta', 'Kingyou Sou', 'Koe No Katachi' and 'Hidamari Ga Kikoeru'), but it's great to read stuff like that (:
Bucherviews Yeah! D=
Maybe it was no ears no eyes but can still love, idk....
It could have been; no (sight) no (sound)
Jade DragonStone Yeah, I just looked it up. It's "Can't hear, can't see, but love." It looks awesome! :)
bro the deaf person is so talented it almost makes me think she’s not deaf and molly does such a good job too it’s so hard to tell that they’re blind and deaf
Are deaf people usually not talented. That is so sad that deaf or blind people get such low expectations from society.
@@carlyduhlesseo3199 yassss
@@carlyduhlesseo3199 I think she probably thought the deaf girl was lip reading
Stop patronising people ffs. They’re just humans loving their lives their way, they can manage their abilities with understanding and support and don’t deserve pity or special praise and pats on the back for doing things their way.
@@carlyduhlesseo3199 like the other comment said, i think she means that she is really good at lip reading and stuff. No offense was meant and i dont think they meant to say that theyre usually less talented or anything like that. Theyre just complimenting them
I wanna be able to lip read that well!!!! Props to her!!!!
Sky Shooter that’s a pro of being deaf you’re kind of forced to learn and you do it everyday so you learn but, there’s way more cons then pros. Lip read is not worth it if it’s to have no ability to hear.
Sky Shooter bruh did you not watch the video 😂
Im pretty sure bc of the video and what she said, she can hear molly but its like the whisper challenge. Just like molly can still see shadows and light. Shes said in her videos before tho, that she can’t lip read. (Also ik Im replying like a year later, sorry😂)
I have a blind friend but she doesn't seem it bcs when someone talks she'll look at them bcs it's we're the sounds coming from and she laughs when ppl say your not blind bcs this and this and she's just so strong ❤️❤️
Yea I hate it when people say that you're not blind or deaf or disabled in general, it's just rude when they say that, good for your friend, she is thinking positively. Oh and where**
Glad you two talked about Whisper Challenge and Blind Make Up Challenge which felt like benevolent mockery of the deaf and blind community as it was used for laughs, but if it's done respectfully and acknowledgment of real people that live like that daily, and that if someone cannot hear or see something it's not cool to laugh at them (which happens all the time).
I'm so honored to hear your discussions about the trauma of growing up with disability and losing ability, my only experience with that is having symptoms and not realizing they were symptoms, I thought they were typical things that would happen to everyone, but it did not play a role into the bullying that I experienced. Your stories are so important and relatable to so many people and so many kids to this day and it's important for people to know that it happens and it's possible impacts.
Great personal examples about how ignorance can create very inaccessible and dangerous experiences for people with disabilities (at the airport). SO glad you shared all of this!!
I've seen dozens of both the Whisper Challenge and Blindfolded Makeup Challenge and unfortunately I don't think many people have the deaf and blind communities in mind when creating them. The deaf and blind community actually never crossed my own mind when watching them until it was brought up in this video which I guess stems from having the privilege of being an abled person who has both their sight and their hearing.
I'm not completely blind. Just halfway blind on one eye.
I can understand, that some people want to understand, what is it like to be blind or deaf. But there is no chance, they get it. It can't be done in a few minutes. I would rather say, it needs a couple of months, to get the idea.
I experienced that bullying, too, because I was the only person in the classroom, who wore glasses.
One funny moment, was at the day, my parents realized, I am halfway blind on one eye:
I was a little child (ca. 4 years old). The eye specialist controlled my eyes and blindfolded my good eye with his hand and I thought: "Look, I can look through his hand."
An awkward moment (too many times to count):
My first glasses had different glass for each eye. With (much) different weights. In the kindergarden I lost the glass for my bad eye. And I hadn't noticed it!
Joy Hu I do not mean to be disrespectful in any way, but what do you mean you're completely blind? I'm new to all this and I'm actually very interested in understanding both the world of the blind and of the deaf.
Arely Alfaro
I'm not sure which percentage of ability to see is the border of being called "blind". But it isn't 0%. Complete blind is just that.
most of the people I see who do those challenges are laughing at their inability to do something that other people do on a daily basis and it feels weird to do stuff differently than you know how to do. usually they aren't laughing or mocking someone who is blind of deaf on a daily basis honestly they just think it's funny it's so difficult for them and it feels weird.
if someone did do the challenge mocking the blind or deaf communities that's just wrong obviously and me along with many other people would be upset about it deaf, blind, or not
"Why don't you have a stick or a dog?"
_Never_ and I mean _never_ confront someone if they say they have a disability. Pisses me off. I get it. There are people who fake it, but don't have the stereotypes stuck in your head on what someone with a disability should look like.
I’ve had people tell me my disability isn’t quadriplegia just because I can move my arms. Quadriplegic doesn’t mean you can’t move four limbs, it means four limbs are affected. They failed to notice that my fingers don’t function well. Nor did they see that my triceps don’t work. So they instantly made a judgement that my disability was paraplegia. As if I would lie about my own disability for heaven sake!
I JUST REALIZED MOLLYS OLD INTRO IS MB IN BRAILLE
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U are way late with that m8
Idk why I found this funny 😂 sorry
Just have a look at Molly (she's looking at Rikki, following her backwards) when Rikki leans back into the sofa when imitating being dramatic. Molly can't see her but is soo in-tuned with feeling and listening. That's really cool to me! :)
People say your not blind but why would you pretend to be blind like honestly
kawaii waffle cat people are ignorant. She has provided countless proof that she is blind with a rare condition. She suffers with this every day and people need to recognize that
I know a hearing child of a deaf couple who used to act like and sometimes even actively pretend she was deaf too. Since she grew up within the deaf community, she kinda learned to not pay too much attention to sound and to not rely on her hearing as much as hearing people usually do, which makes sense, knowing that children learn through observing and imitating their parents. I guess she also just wanted to fit in and not be 'the hearing kid' in a deaf community. Pretty interesting.
kawaii waffle cat ikr
I'm in no way saying they are lying.. but to answer your question people lie about so many things just to get views and subscribers. I personally find blind life so fascinating so for people like me, we would give her more views.
Kailey Hutson *you’re
I have anxiety and that affects my life but gods hearing how badly adapted the world is to disability in education and work life is giving me lots of perspective for myself and also pissing me off, how could the teacher mock the student! That is so wrong. And how people disrespect you. I just feel like screaming, and I don't have to live with it.
Credit to disabled people everywhere for dealing with us "normal" people's shit.
Karen
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I really like your perspective on the topic. I was told by my mom at age 14 that she got me a job and I actually got fired from that job.
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I got fired because people are ignorant and they do not understand disability.
The education system is constantly failing to meet certain accommodations or just common decency and it's really disappointing and ignorant of them
There is a girl at my school who is deaf she is really nice and there is a signing teacher who goes to every class with her
Miss Elephant hmm and I used to have a deaf kid in my class and he was a total jackass
Most US schools (not all sadly, poorer schools struggle) have the accomadations that Molly mentioned for deaf as well as blind and other disabilities. I feel bad for her that she didn't have access because it sounds like her school and her father were uninterested in advocating for her rights. My grandma would be the type of person who would be called though she specialized with the profoundly autistic.
Annelise Koskiniemi at about 6:15 she talks about having 2 separate kinds of assistance in education for her being blind. Im not sure where you got your information from.
@@ivyrose5153 I was talking about Rickie. Sorry that wasn't clear. US schools have advocates for children who need accommodations or at least most of them do. Molly is from Canada I think and it seems people think she only got that care because she's Canadian but Rickie should have had access to the same support.
Miss Elephant there was a deaf lady in my college classes and she had a signing person next to her too
That fly really annoyed me 😂
A Floating Pineapple one couldn’t see it, one couldn’t hear it 🤷♀️
I didn't see it
A Floating Pineapple I know right
A Floating Pineapple what fly
A floating pineapple
I'm deaf in one ear
Funny story : when I was doing my hearing test I got onto the normal machine and the person who was testing me thought the machine was broken and I saw on the paper that I got 50% of it right so I'm 100% in one ear. YES
Same here!!
Icy guy sorry about that, but at least you can hear at 50 percent! But hope it doesn’t affect you’re everyday life
Same! I was born with it
Icy guy that’s crazy cool!!! But I’m sure it’s not fun. Just fascinating!!
LOL rip
Literally they just look like they don't have any disabilities sitting there talking. 💓
Ik its amazing how they communicate!!
Mary-ann Pinchin that’s cuz they’re normal people like me and you
WickedMoonWitch it’s harder for them though because Molly can’t see facial expressions and Riley can’t hear
*Rikki
Autocorrect smh
Ya they do
People with disabilities sit and talk just the same fam
You both are incredible!!
Autumn Elizabeth agreed
Haha I love how real you are!
Howsenselessdeath Howpreciouslife what do you mean? Do you not believe them or something?
Howsenselessdeath Howpreciouslife love you Ana!
Howsenselessdeath Howpreciouslife what the heck is wrong with you? You should feel bad for them
Olivia Haddad That’s the last thing these girls want you to do.
Mia I understand. Sorry but its just that I don't get why she has to say that.
I’m not deaf or blind but I am physically disabled. I have mild Cerebral Palsy. I was mainstreamed in school and I had a love hate relationship with it. Like Molly I had a 1 on 1 aide with me all the time. There were kids in my class that would ask my aide where she was if I was out sick from school instead of asking if I was okay. I was bullied by being called cripple and robot and a bunch of other things. I’m now in college studying pre-med. I’ve been told that I can’t be a doctor because I am disabled. I’m actually going to be getting a mobility service dog in May! Sorry if this comment was all over the place I was trying to listen to what you guys were saying and type. Have a blessed day ❤️
I have mild cerebral palsy too. I have it on the entire left side of my body. In PE I don't run as much and I doing do as much exercises. People always say lucky you! I get annoyed by that bc they think I'm lucky for being disabled. So I get what you are saying
I’m so sorry and it breaks my heart so much that humans can cause such pain to other humans, it’s not you’re fault so I don’t know why you should go trought all of that. You should love yourself and I know that as myself a girl with no disabilities it’s easy to say that since I don’t go trought that and that’s kind of real. I cannot imagine how terrible it’ll be for me, but I also think about how this is the usual for some peoples. I’m happy that peoples like you exist and I hope you get you’re dream job. Continue like that you’re an inspiration to me.
I honestly think it is so amazing that she talks even though she is deaf, I know a few deaf people and they are all afraid to talk because they dont know how they sound. Respect
Rikki's story of education really reminded me of what it was like growing up with a nonverbal learning disorder. It went undiagnosed until I was fifteen, but teachers always noticed something was...off. I had a peculiar stutter and an odd form of reasoning; rather than looking into it, the school threw me into speech therapy and expected me to fend for myself in the school environment. I was eventually misdiagnosed with ADD, and the accommodations were horrid. Basically, "make sure Alma takes her medicine before school and doesn't disrupt others. Good luck!"
It wasn't until I was fifteen that my parents decided to take my issues to the school itself. I was known to be smart, but there were so many discrepancies in my reasoning and grades that it didn't seem to match up. (The tentative excuse was because of my depression and ADD.) Through a school-recommended neuropsychologist, I was finally diagnosed, but the school still had little to offer by way of accommodations. Basically, I could take tests in a quiet room. That was literally it. No shifts in homework, no shifts in the classroom, just a goddamn quiet room for tests.
I dropped out shortly thereafter, and bounced around to different programs with the hope that I might find the fit. But, instead, I'm a proud high school drop-out with a GED who's at a college that actually has some idea of what accommodations should be. (I have a smart pen for notes, more time for tests, and specialty tutors I can make appointments with if need be.) (I'm also working with a different neuropsychologist than the one who diagnosed me to help 'fix' my brain--and it's really been working!)
Alma Saon wow that was a looong comment but interesting
Sky DIY Well, it's a story about my life; I can't compress it into a 5-sentence paragraph.
I'm glad you found it interesting, though. I've been thinking about talking about it more to raise awareness about the state of school education and how the system treats those with disabilities and learning disorders.
Alma Saon That would be a great idea, good for you!
I have EoE, and my teachers get really mad when I am absent. Like, "Sure! I will just take my endoscopies in the classroom! Grab an IV, teach'!"
Not trying to sound dramatic, but I am scared to miss school now because they act like I am a lazy prick who loves playing hooky. Schools can only accommodate to normal students, and do not know how to deal with anyone dancing around the line, ya know? 😂
@theinquirer13 I do not exactly need any special time and/or dedication in terms of learning. I have told the administration about it, and my teachers know. It just seems like they are ticked at me all of the time. Like, I do not care if they sympathize or give a shit, I just want them to tolerate me. Sorry if I am being overly sensitive, and thanks for responding!
I am deaf in 1 ear and I hate it when people wisper in my deaf ear on purpose
Ahliya Jordan so am I but I just don’t tell people incase that happeneds aha
Ahliya Jordan I am too and the same things too me
EVIL
Although being blind is definitely worse, but going deaf would be hell for me because I am a music major, music is my life!
I have a degree in music and I'm deaf :)
Eloise Garland How??? That's like a blind person having degree in visual arts. How can you understand something you've never experienced before?
I have experienced it before... as have most other deaf people. It is very rare that a deaf person can't hear with the help of hearing aids or cochlear implants. Saying that, I know of people who do have degrees in sound and they have never heard anything, but that's because there are different ways of understanding sound outside of just using your ears. There are blind artists and photographers out there, too. It is possible... these things aren't all just down to the ears and eyes, but the brain and other senses too. :)
Eloise Garland So you have heard music before, now it makes sense.
Eloise Garland this is amazing
I'm so annoyed they didn't support her as a child. I'm so happy for Molly that her school, community, and family all ensured she got the support she needed, I love that so much.
I used to have a really close friend whose parents were both deaf and she could read lips and do sign language and she was pretty cool and her parents were really nice. I hate it when people hate on and make fun of the disabled community because we are all people and we should be treated equally. Love you Molly 💕❤️💕
The big problem I have with the whisper challenge is that it could have been used a chance to raise deaf awareness the same way the ice bucket challenge was used to raise ALS awareness but instead it just comes off as a big joke
I mean, the whisper challenge wasn’t intended for that. It could’ve, and hell maybe someone should’ve! (Sounds like something Markiplier could do for one of his charity livestreams.) But again, the whisper challenge is just meant to be a silly game. 🤷🏼♀️ But that’s just my take on it.
Molly, getting 3 out of the 5 jobs you’ve applied for is an incredibly high success rate. I don’t know a single sighted person who has done that well.
Juniper Hill mine is like 1 in 300 on average 😭
While that is true, getting denied 2 out of 2 times because you are disabled is not so great. And she is right, blind people have an employment rate of less than ten percent. And that's while most jobs could actually be done by a blind person with minor accommodations.
Every job I've interviewed for I've gotten but I have been turned down from my resume alone
This is incredibly humbling to watch.
The fact that I’ve been blessed enough to not have to consider what people with those disabilities deal with a go through almost makes me sick. It’s amazing to watch people who have to deal with these things that we don’t even consider an issue is amazing
One of my family members are blind and acts the same exact as Molly! He can look forward!! And do stuff that people that aren’t bling do
I have no respect in who disliked this. This is a great video and helped me learn more about deaf and blind peoples lives and helped me realize how their lives actually are and to be careful of the things I say and do to make sure I’m not being disrespectful. Much respect given!❤️💕
It’s fascinating how rikki is so good at talking!!
John Thomas yeah I know but even if she has a little bit of hearing it would be hard to talk coz you probably couldn’t hear as much to know that your saying things right
Also, if you aren’t born deaf and your hearing decreases as you get older, you will remember how to form words and stuff. Like how you speak now, your just not able to hear yourself as well or even at all,
My lab partner in organic chemistry was deaf. We had zero problems communicating and working together. My friend is an amazing person, and so many people are afraid to approach her or feel awkward around her and you can see it makes her upset. Never let a disability prevent you from reaching out to someone and making new friends.
When I was younger my best friend was deaf and she was so amazing. When we went to preschool together her translator taught me some sign language. I love you Seneritty and you taught me to respect deaf and heading impaired people and how they feel. We sealed lives one time and I learned what it was like to depend on hearing aids, reading, and lip reading to communicate.
I was born deaf soo and I read lips and do asl soooo 🤗🤗🤗 I love my self and I love your youtube channel ❤❤❤
Universe Reniverse yass
Yesssd. Love yourself! ❤️
Yaaaaaaas that self LOVE💛💛💜💜💜💚💜💚
Love yourself (BTS reference) 😂 💜❤️💜 what’s ASL?? (Sorry ik it’s probably a stupid question)
Much love to you sweetheart ❤😊
My best friend is hard of hearing, and on the topic of education, half the time they won't even let her sit closer to try to hear, and she needs closed captioning for most things anyway. Her parents also don't care, so she learned ASL by herself in middle school, I think. There needs to be more accommodations for deaf and blind students.
I have three WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL children. I do not understand how any parent could decide not to care about the needs of their child, no matter what those needs may be. That just makes no sense at all to me.
I am deaf and I have hearing parents. They refuse to learn sign language so it’s hard for me to learn sign language. So I continue to rely on reading lips with a cochlear implant. 🤷🏽♀️
Damn. Best of luck to you, Red!
I’m sooooo happy y’all did this collab!
I’m an ASL interpreter and I LOVE deaf/hard-of-hearing community and blind community empowerment!!!
It’s like when you tell someone you’re bisexual and they ask “Do you date other bisexual people?”
TripleDiamond34 RIGHT
I was thinking the same thing like if a straight guy for example dated a bisexual girl or a gay guy dated a bisexual guy or girl. Opposites apply.
Also applies to trans
Ikr I had a boyfriend and I’m bisexual and everyone was asking “oh is he bisexual too?” Like no why because I’m bisexual means I must be dating another bisexual person 😤
TripleDiamond34 I also hate when people assume that if you’re a bi girl and dating a guy you’re straight, or that if you’re a bi girl and dating a girl you’re gay. NO. I’M STILL BI.
Yes! I know right! I'm gay and everyone asks 'so you only date girls who are gay right?' it's so FRUSTRATING
Funny, being DeafBlind myself I am in both worlds here. I had EA, mainstream school, front desk seating, CC, Sign Language Interpreters, FM System, Hearing Aids, large print things/enlarged things, magnification, ToD (Teacher of the Deaf) and ToVI/B (Teacher of the Visually Impaired/Blind). Oh the diversity. Great to be apart of the both worlds!
Deaflepuff - Abby I am totally blind and slowly losing my hearing. I have an ea, tvi, front row seaing, and usually the person beside me or my EA or tvi will tell me what I didn't hear, also use braille
Can I ask a question how can u listen or see this vid if ur blind and deaf
Layla Alvarez good question
Ummm, I’m so sorry, how do you actually live? Sorry I can’t word this to not sound rude
I’m not blind but voice over and voice regonititon
I have sight and I can type without looking at the keyboard. It's called touch typing. I learned it in high school. It's super easy. Simply relies on muscle memory.
And you dont need to see the keyboard to learn either. Someone can assist you in finding the location of each letter or number or symbol on the qwerty keyboard and then you practise different letter patterns and work your way up to words and the rest is history. BTW I typed out this entire comment without looking at the key board on my phone. That's how engrained the patterns are in my muscle memory.
The biggest challenge for blind people would be not being able to see what you've typed on the screen and correcting any errors. But I assume there are apps that use voice programs to read out as you type.
CzarTissue or you could have a cover with Braille. There are ways to get around it
CzarTissue I can type without looking as well
CzarTissue I learned sense I was 9 lel
I think a lot of us who use the computer a lot (maybe too much, in my case) do this without even thinking about it tbh.
I accidentally always press the button on my cellphone that reads text messages out loud , so that option is definitely available out there. My problem is that the automated voice that does it is soo annoying.
I’m glad I’m not blind or deaf, but it’s amazing how people who are are able to live like they aren’t. I admire it.
Hey I'm from Rikki channel and I am deaf too. Anyway I don't have a hearing guide dog but my friends does. Basically if you have deaf guide dog, if there a doorbell rang the dog would notice their deaf person, also when there is fire alarm the deaf dog would notice their deaf owners and all other stuff like phone ring, text message, doorbell. BUT it can give the deaf person confidence when they have deaf guide dog when the deaf person goes out the other people would know that person is deaf. Molly I subscribe to you ur amazing
I know dogs for the death can also alert them when someone is trying to speak to them and alert them of traffic they may not have seen
+Sarah Smith death wtf ! deaf
I am not blind or deaf, but I am an amputee. I lost my leg when I was 3 years old. I couldn't run as fast as my friends growing up, but I could run and play and do everything they did.
When I was 19 I discovered hiking and freaking LOVED it. I'd hiked a little when I was younger, but when I was 19 (this was 1989) I got a MUCH better leg that really made hiking possible for me.
when I was 23 or 24 I hiked from the South rim of the Grand Canon to Phantom Ranch (right on the river) and back in one day. This is a 20 mile hike with a decent from 7000 to 2000 feet then back to 7000 feet. This hike is so hard, so many people have tried and failed, needing to be rescued, this hike is no longer even legal (it was legal; when I did it). But I didn't fail. I walked the entire hike on my own.
I feel the main reason I was able to do this is because nobody ever told me I couldn't.
Eric Taylor
Wow, holy shit. Well done for having the courage and determination as a hiker and an amputee to hike across from the Grand Canon to Phantom Ranch.
I’m pretty sure a lot of people (including me) wouldn’t have ever dared to go on that journey, so well done!
I live very close to Rikki and I'm not suprised she didnt recieve the accommodations she needed. Such a strong girl.
Closed captions are excellent for so many different reasons. I love it because it is such an excellent tool for language learning. It also helps if your attention slips, or if someone speaks in an accent you are unfamiliar with, or any of the little things that make communication and understanding challenging. Thanks for adding them to this video :)
Great i found your channel Molly, thanks to Rikki!! Deaf and Blind power!!
Greetings from Chile, im trying to share your videos to the deaf community here in Chile, i guess they may be very helpful for us here.
Lip reading master!
Did you and the other 165 people even watch the video? She clearly said she doesn’t lip read
She's talked in older videos how she can't lip read. Her left ear isn't completely deaf, and I believe she has a hearing aid in it now.
I am deaf😥 but I don't let that stop me. Because you guys incurige me
Ricardo Jimenez Im going deaf from being a Soldier and it scares the shit out of me to know one day I won’t hear anything.
*encourage
@@mikeluft5133 that must be really scary. I'm so sorry
Mike Luft Stay strong soldier!
Ricardo Jimenez I’m not deaf but my hearing is just really bad
As a person who is hard of hearing, this is such a relatable video. So many people are ignorant and I’m so thankful for people like the both of y’all raising awareness about these types of subjects. It really makes me feel very happy to know I’m not the only person who lives life this way. I honestly cried. Thank you, the both of you!
i am really mad that rikki parents didn't even care, if your son or daughter is having a problem you should notice and find a way that they have every tool that they need to conquer that problem, or to help them with that.
my little boy is partially deaf; I'm worried. he's only 3 so we are doing small signs at the moment. But I literally don't know what I can do for supoort ect; if he needs it etc. he can hear out one ear; so people say I don't need to get support. But people have already been making comments on his speech. it makes communication so hard and affects his behaviour; he goes to a one on one nursery BUT I'm a student and cant afford it but scared to put him in mainstream. I'm in the UK x
i see. i have different friends and acquaintances. i am deaf since birth, in both ears.
i will tell you about people with 1funcionally ear that i know, (just my experience, not for everyone), they have struggles, that is a fact. but the same as me?
as far as they told me about it, not that much as i get.
the ones that know sign language, reading caption, or books have better managing life, school and work than people that doesn't, generally.
i think, they have more tools for communication, and more support, all of them went to mainstream school. but always attended at deaf school, at afternoon.
so it's better to make him prepared to deal all difficults than leaving him alone
i will say, that is my opinion and experience that i witnessed.
aside that, sorry my english. it is not my main language, in fact my 3rd language. have good day, from Argentina
Jody Jackson Teach him Sign language and English now!It will only be harder for him when he's older
Codswallop, my dear!
You have a lot of options one being teaching your child American Sign Language which is the most important. Another option is Cochlear Implants which allows the child to hear. The third option is putting your child in a deaf school where they can acclimate to their language.
jenny pearson Implants don't always work.
I love you guys.... I too have an invisible illness and the looks and comments I get with my service dog ..... so bloody annoying!! Just because I'm not blind doesn't mean I don't need one! I have a dog that will warn me to lay down when I'm about to faint, also with the meds I'm on I'll sleep through fire alarms and I sleep walk (among other very fun things!!). She's saved my life several times.
Love love LOVE that this video has CC, recently my hearing has gotten progressively worse and now I get almost nothing in my right ear and loud ringing in my left that doesn't go away. Thank you so very much for doing captions.
at my cooking class these two kids with mental disabilities had a teacher with them and sometimes she was so mean and it pissed me off and she was old and i helped them cook more than she could lol
public school btw
My brother had a similar situation at his cooking class. Problem was he in a group filled with those with autism, himself included. There was an aid there, but it was like she wanted to thrust her own opinion or something. My brother was the most capable student in the group and even knew more about cooking than the aid, which was really frustrating on his part. His food was always amazing btw. ;)
My dream, since third grade, has been to be a Deaf Education Teacher. It's really heartbreaking that deaf kids in the world don't have proper communication with others or even their parents, not from their own lack of trying, but because the school system, their families or even people around them have failed. I don't want to be their voice, I want them to find their own voice through beautiful ASL💗 I love Molly and I love Rikki💝💝💝
Molly talks so fast when she’s talking to her friend
Skylinn Williams ikr! I was having a really hard time following the conversation. Btw I was reading the captions and I am not a very fast reader
Yeah and Rikki had to lip read, I actually read a boom about a mute and a deaf boy and he had struggles at the start of the book when he had to try to lip read the teacher but he kept moving his head and the girl was like "CAN YOU JUST KEEP YOUR HEAD STILL?" molly was moving her head and kinda talking fads but their friends so maybe they started off slow and went into fast?
i love how confident they are on youtube, you’re really good at it ily both!!😘❤️❤️
The reason they wear headphones with music is because ear plugs don't work good enough to block out sound. I tried it and even when the music got quiet I could still hear so it even needs to be really loud music.
Omg closed captioning, :D can't wait for more videos with closed captions! That way I don't have to blare the volume or wear my hearing aid to be able to understand what is happening.
I can hear and see and I’m still afraid of dating 😂
Her lip reading is AMAZING, since Molly is talking REALLY fast. So for het to catch everything she is saying is like a superpower ❤
First of all, thank you both for taking the time to sit down together and make this video, and to have a frank discussion about what your experiences are like, showing some of the similarities, and many differences, that deaf and blind people experience.
It was particularly interesting for me to catch moments where Rikki would do something visual that Molly wouldn't catch, or Molly would say something that Rikki wouldn't catch, in both situations the other seemingly unaware that their co-host had missed something. I think this is good for people who feel like they goof when interacting with deaf or blind people to see as a way of saying, "Look, it's natural to goof up from time to time. They're making a video about it and even they do it. Just be aware and don't be stupid."
Thanks again for making this. I enjoyed it.
I'm hard of hearing and they made me play Telephone in school and I kept telling them I couldn't hear and they said 'just say what you think they're saying' but I couldn't make out any words so I finally faked it and made something up.
in Telephone, the entire point is to not hear what they're saying. it's lip reading.
lolavex Most people when we did it just made random words to be funny but that fr sucks dude.
its not lip reading . at least how we played
I’m not trying to be rude or anything, but that’s honestly hilarious. I have bad hearing, I’m not hard of hearing but my hearing isn’t stellar either, and I can totally relate!
OMG same but we played chinese whispers and i was always that kid who said weird things cuz its what i heard and loads of people laughed at me
I use speech to text quite frequently to type. I'm hoping to take advantage of the accessibility features on my phone for convenience. I'm not blind or deaf. Just near sighted with astigmatism can get corrected with lenses.
I am also near sighted with astigmatism but I got really got prescription glasses that help me see better
I’m also near sighted with astigmatism but I have got some good prescription glasses so it’s okay however when I take them off I can hardly see :(
I’m also near sighted with astigmatism but I have got some good prescription glasses so it’s okay however when I take them off I can hardly see :(
I love that Rikki keeps talking with her hands but Molly can't see shes doing that 😂 They both are so brave for talking about their complications to the public!! 💕
I'm legally blind and a lot of people don't think that that even is a thing. It really bothers me, not because they don't know what it is but because they thought it was a joke from a meme, proceed to say the meme to "make fun of me" (whether it be intentional or not), then continue to not believe that being legally blind is a real thing.
Kylie Weiffenbach I'm sorry people are assholes
then ig your blind why you can type
I really hope you are kidding with that message. She literally explains in the video. Please educate yourself before you go and comment on other peoples post.
Legally blind isn't always completely blind. I'm legally blind but I have VERY strong contacts and glasses to see with. Without them I can only see maybe see about a foot in front of my face everything else is blurs of colors and shapes
Waxy Meow Kitty oh my lord😂 Molly can do almost anything.. she drove a freaking CAR for gods sake, and ur asking how she can type????????😂😂😂😂😂
I was diagnosed with hearing loss this past year and discovered that I am actually 5 decibels above legally deaf for speech. I was never given accommodations in school and was told that I had "selective hearing."
I feel like the lack of accommodations may have actually helped to contribute to why I am able to read lips and integrate with society so well.
JoAnne Wirtz Hi! My name is Kiara and I’m 16. I was told I had hearing loss in both ears but the left was more damaged than the right when I was in kindergarten. I’ve had to wear a hearing aid for all these years and I’m still really self conscious about it. My mom constantly nags me to wear it but it’s still uncomfortable and unenjoyable to me.
I took an ASL class at community college. My teacher, who is deaf, got a guide dog around the end of our class. She said the dog would alert her to things like the fire alarm and such. And she brought her kids with her, who are hearing, and the kids were making a bunch of noise in the middle of class, which they weren’t supposed to be doing. The dog actually barked and nudged her to communicate that, which was pretty cool to see, and she was able to stop and deal with her kids and get the class back on track.
Deaf service dogs help in many public areas like in crowded areas where you need to know if a car is honking at you, or you don’t hear a car coming, or a PSA, etc. they can call your attention to dangerous situations or important sounds you can’t hear.
I actually have to study right now. But I want to add spanish subtitles to this video and the others you have. I really want to support your channel and I really want to share your videos with my friends and I think that it would help deaf spanish speakers.
Hug form Argentina Molly, I think your are doiung a really good job.
Should probably send message to her business email
For me as a deaf person I was lucky (in school.) I think it helped that my grandpa was the head of the school board (he hired and fired teachers as part of his job) so none of the teachers bothered me (one teacher was nervous about me being in her class, but she soon realized that I wasn't going to just complain about her for no reason. However, there was one teacher who-wasn't necessarily trying to be mean, but she wouldn't slow down her speech (she talked really fast.) I couldn't write the notes down and listen to her at the same time (even though I had a cochlear implant and a mic-a device that helps my implant focus on sound better;) she didn't give us enough time to write down the notes. The textbook was too confusing for me to understand. Eventually I told my aid I was behind in that class and the school forced the teacher to give me the powerpoint notes and other notes that were related to the assignments so I could find the answer better. She apparently was very angry about this but complained less when my grandpa got involved. She added acronyms I didn't know existed and had cursive writing-which is difficult for me to read, so I couldn't understand everything. My aid and mom said she was being mean but I decided the teacher just didn't want things to "be easier for me because I was deaf." (even though I was basically failing her class.) I barely passed but I didn't have to take it again. She was usually a nice person, but she didn't understand that I was still deaf even with the implant. She just wasn't the right teacher for me. I HATED watching movies in school, especially on TH-cam. My English teacher had a good laugh because the TH-cam captions were so horrible. They should've been called craptions (yes I stole that from Rikki, sorrynotsorry) I never got to understand the obsession with Bill Nye because he had no captions! His videos looked fun, but I never understood what he was saying. high school had the most accommodations set that still allowed me to be independent, but I still wish I had known sign language though. I believe that would've helped my education a lot more then my implant did.
Chronically me omg same went through the same thing! It’s was really annoying tht when I was a kid they didn’t have captions in school and now with TH-cam. I wished I had learn sign language when I had the chance :/
Omg Rikki!!!!!!!! How amazing you two know each other. Amazing!
You guys are very kind and I appreciate what you do on TH-cam