I'm probably more used to a different form of discrimination: discrimination based on the premise that one has a "handicap".
let me explain, my parents are Deaf, while I can hear perfectly, I am therefore described as a CODA (child of deaf adults) but oftentimes, moreso with the less educated, I find that people have a tendency to look down upon me, as if I am handicapped, when in fact, I, and my parents, take pride in our Deaf culture, our lifestyle, and our language, that the Universities here in the United States are FINALLY recognizing as an actual language unto itself. It's terrible, the way that people look down on those that are diffe