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Originally Posted by faire_jour
I learned ASL as a hearing parents of a Deaf child and it didn't fry my brain. I just signed up for the ASL courses from our local community college. At the end I will even be skilled enough to take my state's interpreter test and have a new career. (half way done, written test passed!) I am easily able to converse with Deaf adults and our family attends a Deaf church where I voice for the childrens' services.
Oh, and by the way we have only know my daughter is Deaf for 3 years! All that progress took less than 36 months!
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BRAVO for you!!!! I wish my parents were like u..they never learned sign language for my Deaf brother and I. Because I have good oral skills, I can communicate with them to a degree but my brother who has no oral skills struggles to communicate with them and I end up as the interpreter.
I know of a hearing couple who has a deaf 2 year old who just learned ASL two years ago. They can converse with deaf people just fine and because they use it at home with their daughter, their daughter's language level recently has been scored 6 months above her age.