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  1. hankpiece

    Boston/Cambridge ASL Club

    Hey, I'm Hank. I'm hearing and I used to be pretty good at ASL, but I forgot a lot of it in the last 8 months because I didn't use it at all. Some other hearing kids and I started an ASL club where we meet up once every two weeks or so at a coffee shop or a bar or restaurant to practice and...
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    Sad Because...

    I haven't posted in a while. I'm living in Boston now, and having just moved here, I don't have any friends who speak ASL. I am forgetting how to sign! :tears: I have no deaf friends here none of my hearing friends can sign. This sucks. Is there anybody is the Boston area who would want to...
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    Sign names

    My friend Monica (deaf) gave me a sign name about 2 months ago. It is the elevator sign made with an "I" handshape instead of the "E" handshape. This is because my name is Ian and I am very tall (6'6"). My question is this: Should I tell deaf people my sign name when I introduce myself? When...
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    Baltimore or Boston

    So on July 1 I am going to Baltimore for two months and then on September 1 I am going to Boston for 9 months. I wanted find out about where I could meet deaf or HoH people or even hearies who know ASL. I know that Gallaudet is not far from Bmore and Northeastern in Boston has a great ASL...
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    NWJAD Wally Ball Tournament and Swimming

    Hey, Is there anybody from New Jersey who is interested in coming to the Northwest Jersey Association for the Deaf's thing on Saturday? There's swimming and raquetball and wallyball (which is volleyball played in a raquetball court). Details are available at http://www.nwjad.org/
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    NY events?

    Does anybody know of any events in NY or Northern NJ? I'd like to meet and interact with Deaf people in my area (although I'd settle for hearing ASL speakers).
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    NYC Deaf and ASL Events?

    I'm trying to find some events or places I can go to meet and interact with Deaf people and ASL speakers. Currently most of my ASL is in my ASL class and also sometimes after class I talk to my Deaf friends at school, but I would like to meet more ASL speakers so that I can get better at my...
  8. hankpiece

    Hello

    Hi. I'm a hearing person in Northern New Jersey. I'm studying ASL and hopefully one day I'd like to either become an interpretor or a teacher of deaf children. I only started learning ASL and making deaf friends within the last six months or so, but I love what I have seen of deaf culture so...
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