Phenomenal star Maine Mendoza decided to shed light to a common misconception about deaf people as her upcoming film ‘Isa Pa With Feelings’ together with Carlo Aquino will revolve around the a character with the said condition.
On her Twitter account, Maine shared a photo of guideline regarding how deaf people should be addressed and clarified that they should not be called mute as they have their way of expressing themselves.
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Maine wrote: “YES YES! Let me just clear this common misconception about deaf people. DEAF PEOPLE HAVE VOICES; but many prefer to sign (using FSL: Filipino Sign Langauge) because it is their first language and their right. Therefore, the term Deaf-Mute is not right dahil HINDI PO SILA PIPI. ☺️”
YES YES! Let me just clear this common misconception about deaf people. DEAF PEOPLE HAVE VOICES; but many prefer to sign (using FSL: Filipino Sign Langauge) because it is their first language and their right. Therefore, the term Deaf-Mute is not right dahil HINDI PO SILA PIPI. ☺️ https://t.co/a7aJvwe8hl
— Maine Mendoza (@mainedcm) October 6, 2019
In a different post, Maine retweeted a reply from a deaf boy who expressed his gratitude to Maine and Carlo through sign language for telling the story of people like him through the film.
The netizen wrote: “So thank po ate maine at carlo and direk cruz . I hope all people can wacht what deaf is other tao di po maintindihan ano feel sa amin. Sometime other tao sbi kmi tanga and kmi wala karaptan ibig
Same my friend deaf and i mute i can hear po thank you po”
“Isa Pa With Feelings” is directed by Prime Cruz and will be shown in cinemas on October 16.
(Photo source: Instagram – @mainedcm/ Twitter – @mainedcm)
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