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Joe: You should understand that, uh, this is a Deaf community, not just my program, but we're part of a larger Deaf community, and my program and the people in it, they benefit tremendously from that Deaf community. We work with them, and they work with us. But, it's very important, if you want to be here, to understand we're looking for a solution to, to this
[points at forehead]
Joe: , not this
[points at ears]
Joe: .
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Joe: How are you, Ruben?
Ruben: I'm okay.
Joe: You're an addict?
Ruben: Yeah.
Joe: What sort of drugs?
Ruben: What'd I take?
Joe: Mm-hmm.
Ruben: Everything
[laughs]
Ruben: . Mainly heroin... Heroin
[does injection motion on arm]
Ruben: .
Joe: Have you thought about using since your lost your hearing?
Ruben: Today is not a good day... . I'm not thinking clear today.
Alex Kilgore
Extended Reading