Recent content by rayne127

Hello everyone... I just wanted to invite everyone to a Google+ community that was recently created, ASL Buddies. We will be having a Google+ hangout this Sunday at 8pm CST (9pm EST) to get to know each other better and have fun signing with each other. Everyone is welcome to join the community...

I just wanted to invite everyone to a Google+ community that was recently created, ASL Buddies. We will be having a Google+ hangout this Sunday at 8pm CST (9pm EST) to get to know each other better and have fun signing with each other. Everyone is welcome to join the community as well as our...

Feel free to add me on skype: rayne127. I work crazy hours so there's really no specific time I'm on, so feel free to send me a message if you see me on. =)

Welcome to AD! I'm not deaf or HOH, but my youngest brother is HOH and we've been using sign language with him since he was 2. I'm by no means fluent either, but I can definitely hold on a conversation. I attend the monthly silent suppers at a local restaurant, which is a lot of fun. I've...

I was 11 when I realized I like guys, not girls. I kept my feelings secret because all the other boys in my class were talking about girls, so I thought something was wrong with me. A year later I found out that me liking other boys was "gay" and that being gay is generally not accepted by most...

I definitely agree with you =)

He wore hearing aids at one point but he didn't like them and at some point the school used an FM system. He's always spent half his day in the special ed. class and the other half in regular classes. When he was in the regular classes he had a 1-on-1 aid with him, and he knew ASL so he helped...

If anyone is interested, I think it'd be a great idea to set up a Google+ Hangout to video chat and practice ASL. I was just wondering who would be interested and what days would be best? Weekends are usually better for me because I work during the week. If you're interested, you can add me...

I'm always willing to practice more =) I thought about maybe setting up a Google+ Hangout for anyone who might want to try that out. I believe up to 10 people can video chat on there at once, and there's also a text chat in there. It might be interesting to use.

He goes to public school and they're very great with him. I'm pretty much available any time I'm on. Feel free to just send me a message. If I don't reply, I'm probably not at my computer. I tend to walk away and get side tracked with a lot of other things, but I'll eventually get back to you. =)

I talk and sign with him. I don't want him to lose his signing skills just because his hearing has gotten better. It doesn't mean that it won't start going down hill some day in the future. Hopefully it won't, but it's possible.

Aw, that's cute. =)

I completely agree with everything you've said. My youngest brother has Down syndrome and is also HOH. From the time he was about 1 year old my family and I started learning ASL and using that to communicate with him because the doctors said he was legally deaf and his hearing may get worse as...

Hi Gina! Welcome to AD! My name is Adam. My youngest brother is HOH and for the last 16 years my family and I have always used ASL to communicate with him. However, as he's gotten older his hearing as slowly improved, so we use less ASL and more speech with him now. I took two years of ASL when...

Welcome to AD! =) You will get to meet a lot of great people here!