Julian “Buddy” Singleton, 73, is deaf. He knows the daily frustrations of living in a hearing world and how isolating it can be. That’s why Singleton decided to plan a retirement home specifically for deaf seniors. The retirement home has 50 rooms, all of which are equipped with flashing doorbell, strobe-lights instead of fire alarms that ring, and special telephones.

But when organizers of the complex accepted federal funds, something came attached to the money: nondiscrimination rules that prevented them from accepting only deaf residents. As a result, the majority of the residents can hear.

It’s a result of our politically correct society that even in a retirement home built to improve quality of life and create society and community amongst hearing-impaired individuals, the government intrudes and creates obstacles in the name of anti-discrimination.