I was just reading an article about a man who used assitive technology to speak directly with his wifes deaf family without her help.
It made me consider how much I appreciated the effort that my deaf ASL instrutor puts forth to teach me and the effort that I have to put in to learn.
The only time that we used a translator was our first day, only to explain the course overview. It just would have been far to difficult for us to comprehend. Teaching or learning another language without...

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Queenjade

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Thank you for your response. I can't imagine not being able to communicate
with your family. I'm so sorry they don't understand, people including
families really need to become more aware of how you feel. I think that ASL
should be a required subject learned in every public school in the US.

Magie60

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Hi
I am a hearing student at SUNY Ulster in NY State. I'm taking a class called "Intro to Deaf Culture"
I took the class because I would like to know more about the Deaf world. I havn't taken an ASL class yet, but know a few signs. I plan on taking ASL before I finish. I feel that we need to educate the Hearing about Deaf people so that they have a better understanding of how to treat and communicate with Deaf people. I will be giving a presentation about...

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