Originally Posted by Qwkynuf

I'd like to know more about this thought.

Why would deaf people be excluded from assistance?

I don't know what services are available, though I should probably look into it. I have a medium-to-severe hearing loss, and I manage with hearing aids. One of the side effects of that combination is that what I *am* able to hear is almost completely non-directional. I have no idea what direction the sound of a baby crying, or a siren, or the beep-beep horn of the carts in US airports might be coming from. When I remove my hearing aids at night, I am unable to hear my home's smoke or burglar alarms. I have a special alarm clock that shakes my bed instead of making noise. If a dog were able to help with those things, it would be a marked improvement in my quality of life.

Obviously a dog wouldn't be much help for those things on a plane, but a plane is just a tool that I use to get from one place to another - and I would benefit on both ends.

Do you feel that deaf people are inferior? Or less worthy of assistance?