Recent content by mandy

Don't know about USA, but in South Africa it is in our constitution, you have the right to be addressed in your chosen language AS LONG AS IT IS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE OF COUNTRY. We have 11, and SASL is semi-official 12th. My suggestion is, if it is important to you to have ASL upheld and...

hi JamieLynn, this is Mandy again. Yes of course person can be deaf from birth, many reasons, often exposure of the mother to German Measles while child in womb is at vulnerable stage of development - this is what happened to nephew of my ex-boyfriend. If your character was born unable to...

Hi JamieLynn, ca va? ( sorry, can't find bouton that makes wiggle thing under the "c"), j'appellle Mandy, j'suis "hearing", et j' parle pas Francaise, je parlais Franglais :) ! Okay, enough of murdering the French Language, I also write short stories and detective fiction, and I am learning...

eating disorder vs malingering... very easy answer "oh I'm so stressed I can't eat!" = malingering=looking for attention. If you really have eating disorder, you try anything to hide it. I know, I been there.

i have been through some hard times here in South Africa too, and I went without food before I would let my furry family starve. A pet is for LIFE, not for walkies!

I paint large-scale realistic murals and do paint finishes for money, but I paint in oil on board for myself (and sometimes I sell that stuff too! )

I think it is better to be honest from the beginning because then you don't waste interviewer's time, and if they are going to discriminate against you because you Deaf, then you don't want to work for the bastards anyway.

Yes I understand that, I have delayed focussing - which means that if I look at something close for 5+ minutes, it becomes clear and sharp. But then when I have to look away at something further, I can't see it. So I'm really bad with faces, people have to walk towards me so I can recognise body...

My stepson age 13 got cellphone, we bought it for him with his mom's permission so he and his dad and I, we can all chat on text or Mixit.. But his school and his stepdad are strict, he is only allowed to use it after scool and not after 8 at night. works for us! But you know who are the worst...

AAwww! GORGEOUS! I have problem here at my house with pets - I have very old cat (19 1/2 yrs), maltese poodle dog and cross-doberman dog. But now my neighbour moved away and left her cat behind....So he is at my house and we feed him, but he is TERRIFIED of big bouncy dog. He (cat) lives in...

when my friend and I started to learn SASL, she wanted to tell our teacher "I love my work", but instead she told her "I love my toilet"...:giggle:

yeah me going on again about friend house. but SO freaked out I don't know what to do next!!! She going away for 7 days visit parents - should I clean her house or no, what you say? Please tell me!!!

P.S. my friend is not fat and does not smoke...

I have friend who suffers from depression - she also had messy house. But for last 2 years she not let me in, we always meet for lunch at restaurant. Last week she dis-locate knee and had to phone me for help. My GOD!! her house was worse than any picture I see here. thanks Pinky, my first...