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Deaf peddlers

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An American manual alphabet card, 2013

Deaf peddlers are Deaf people who sell to the wider public manual alphabet cards, keychains, nail clippers, pencils and pens,[1] national flags,[2][3] or receipts in various amounts, which they have printed themselves. In this peddling, the sellers claim that they are deaf, to manipulate or put pressure on the buyer.[citation needed] Some "Deaf" peddlers fake their deafness in order to trick people.[4]

United States

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In the United States, the National Association of the Deaf made a campaign against Deaf peddlers, for improving the status of Deaf people as American citizens who are able in body and in mind.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Nick Lindsay (April 2, 2015). "Items that Deaf Peddlers Make & Sell". Prezi. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  2. ^ Руслан Соколов (Ruslan Sokolov) (March 30, 2016). "Фотофакт: глухой торговец на улице Виестура" [Photo fact: A Deaf peddler on Viestura street]. Gorod.lv (in Russian). Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  3. ^ Руслан Соколов (Ruslan Sokolov) (April 1, 2016). "Фотофакт: глухих торговцев на улице Виестура – двое?" [Photo fact: Are there two deaf peddlers on Viestura Street?]. Gorod.lv (in Russian). Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  4. ^ RosesNY (October 15, 2004). "Some Deaf people ask for money". Alldeaf.com. Retrieved November 1, 2020. She signed and asked them if they were really deaf [...] and they walked away really quickly.
  5. ^ Octavian Robinson. "The Deaf do not beg" (PDF). Deaf Academics 2015. Retrieved November 2, 2020.