More Domestic Violence And Deaf Awareness

Mr Bill has had an interesting week. He had a couple of days where a lot was said but not a lot was learned but then on Wednesday he met the survivors of domestic violence and he, and the other recruits, found it a very moving experience. It was emotionally draining for the recruits to hear from these women what they had gone through and it must have been more so for the women. Mr Bill says he cannot comprehend how a human can do those things to another human. For example (and this is a lesser one) one man made his partner repeat everything he said and he hit her if she didn't. All the things were about control. The abusive partner would gradually undermine the self-confidence of the woman and then separate her from family and friends until he had, in effect, stolen her life away. Mr Bill said the refuge where these women can find safety is near his beat and the women said they would be pleased to have a coffee with him if he wanted to call in from time to time.

Today Mr Bill had deaf awareness, oops sorry that should be Deaf Awareness - that's not me being funny either. The deaf who use British Sign Language are ‘Deaf’: people who don’t are ‘deaf’ - snobbish or what. The guy who talked to them said lip reading is over rated and very difficult - but maybe he just isn’t very good.

He did say if the police arrest a Deaf person then to be aware that they might appear to be struggling when they have the handcuffs on but actually they are just trying to communicate.