loooooooooooong way to go

Ahh... this is really relatable, honestly. It's kind of a different problem, but I'm heavily disabled, and something that makes me really upset is when people try to 'soften' language and wind up a THOUSAND times more insulting. Like 'handy-capable' or 'differently able'? Absolutely insufferable. I mean obviously I don't want someone who's able to call me by terms that really are insulting, just.

Call me what I am! Don't try to soften things for your own comfort. Augh. Like I said, it's not really the same problem in language... but I think 'just being disabled is used as an insult' is pretty common.

That's part of why I really love getting to read this manga- even though I am not deaf, it brings me a lot of comfort to get to learn about the experiences of someone else who is disabled, all the way across the globe.

Thank you for your translation efforts!

The thing the brown-haired girl on page 5 is talking about—that the negative perception of the Deaf will lead to any new term for them becoming perjorative eventually—is a phenomenon that is actually much broader. The euphemism treadmill!

It's interesting, albeit unfortunate.