petition for deaf rights

BEING A DEAF PERSON, I THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME WE HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AS ANY OTHER DISABLED PERSON.....WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ASSESSED AND OFFERRED THE BEST POSSIBLE TREATMENT FOR THE TYPE OF DEAFNESS WE HAVE AND NOT JUST THE ONE STANDARD GIVEN HEARING AID. MANY PEOPLE CANNOT WEAR THE BEHIND-THE-EAR HEARING AIDS AND AS THESE ARE THE ONLY ONES GIVEN THEY ARE LOSING OUT. THERE ARE MANY BETTER AND UP-TO-DATE HEARING AIDS AVAILABLE THESE DAYS SO WHY ARE WE ONLY OFFERRED THE OLD OUT-OF-DATE TYPES? ALSO, WE WOULD LIKE WAITING LISTS TO BE LOWERED - ONE YEAR IS TOO LONG TO WAIT TO BE ASSESSED - DEAFNESS IS A SCARY AND LONELY DISABILITY WHICH PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND BECAUSE IT ISNT VISIBLE.............