Recent content by KatieTheActivist

Good luck to you with that! I'm not sure. I live in Ohio and found a page on Facebook for the "ASL club of Ohio" or something like that. They have events that I think hearies are welcome to attend, although they're usually quite far from where I live. Maybe in your state there is an equivalent...

Right-I won't try it, just wondering. Thanks guys

? I saw something on a TV show. I'm curious to know whether it was accurate. I can't try it in the real world because I don't have many ties with the deaf community. Please don't attack me for my curiousity. It's very unattractive.

I am not deaf or HoH. I am learning ASL independently and I am taking classes in 2014 thru my school's PSEOP program. I just saw a deaf signer on Switched at Birth fingerspell words that have their own signs. Is this sort of like putting dashes between the letters or using all caps to show...

I mean like grabbing someone's hands to prevent them from signing. I'm hearing and I would never do this to anyone--but it occurred to me. It seems like the ultimate low. Isn't it sort of the equivalent of putting your hand over someone's mouth? I was just wondering if anyone has had this...

Thank you very much, Alleycat and Chevy--I'll look into that!

A group is like several people, ASL is American Sign Language?.. I am hearing, so I am not in touch with any deaf community.

When I was younger I had these stories and I still think about the characters sometimes. One is deaf and has name signs for the other. I am not deaf--could anyone help? I wanted "Calvin"'s name sign to be the sign for dinosaur with a C, because of his childhood dinosaur infatuation, but I'm...

I am 16. Obviously there are deaf people in my area and there has to be somewhere I could take classes or learn with a group. Anyone?

I learned the ASL alphabet about two years ago so my finger spelling is pretty smooth, although my finger spell READING is still primitive. I do use AslPro though! I also own the book Talking with your Hands, Listening with your Eyes.

Thanks. I'm looking for other places to learn ASL in Ohio, around Akron. Right now, Lifeprint is my best friend.

I am hearing but I am interested in deaf culture and I am learning ASL. In introductions I introduced myself and asked whether it was appropriate for me to post. The answers were kind of confusing, and I felt like the answer was no. What is the answer?

Well is there a better forum?

Hello! My name is Katie. I am hearing and I don't know anyone deaf or HoH but I'm very interested in ASL and deaf culture and I always have questions. I don't want to start fights with anyone, so I thought I'd establish whether hearing people are welcome.