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A deeply offensive Helen Keller remake Ran into this while reading about LGBT news on my Facebook page. Basically, it's the Helen Keller story turned into an over the top, offensive, drag burlesque show. On a placard as you enter: "This play will be deeply offensive to the deaf/blind...

Hello! After I had to stop taking ASL class due to work becoming crazy, I had the opportunity to start taking individual lessons from a Deaf tutor in the local Deaf community. Our lessons generally take place at restaurants. This particular restaurant is one where my CAPD doesn't bother me...

As some of you know, in the midst of learning ASL last year, I got diagnosed as having an auditory processing disorder (CAPD). Short description: Although I never have problems detecting and receiving sounds such as speech, I do have trouble processing/understanding those sounds, especially...

Just thought I'd drop a note/review about these glow-in-the-dark gloves made for signed communication in the dark. Home - GlowGloves.com My friends and I went out to Lake Success near Porterville, CA to go camping and stargazing with my telescope. To see some of the dimmer objects in the...

Recently, my friend and I went top-rope rock climbing together. It was a lot of fun, but we discovered some challenges with communication on the rock face. My friend is deaf and I have CAPD, which means I'm effectively hearing or effectively hard-of-hearing depending on the situation. On the...

I've been studying ASL over the past few months, and during that time, also came to discover that I have CAPD, an unusual hearing disorder that involves the brain's ability to process what might otherwise be a fully intact audio signal. I've been finding that learning ASL has been VERY helpful...

I was disappointed with the behavior of the coffee house staff at the local Deaf Coffee this past Friday. While I was standing in line to buy coffee, the man in front of me was asking the clerk for something. I couldn't make out what he asked her, but she's bringing him, like, everything in...

Besides grabbing a friend and fingerspelling words at each other, what's a good way to practice reading fingerspelling? I'm doing the exercises on Dr. Bill Vicars' American Sign Language (ASL) Fingerspelling Practice Site At this point, I can get it in 1-2 repeats on fast speed, and 3-5 on...

Yesterday I was diagnosed with CAPD, a hearing disorder that is located in the brain beyond the ear, not the ear itself. According to the ADA, I have a "physical hearing impairment" that is protected under the ADA. My audi described me as "hearing impaired." According to what I've learned...

I'm not sure if this is the appropriate forum for this, but I thought you all might be interested in this: Just putting this up front: I am a hearing person, and I have no intention of trying to pretend to be deaf or anything like that. This situation occurred completely unintentionally, but I...

I'm a hearing person that has recently begun learning ASL, and I just wanted to share this story with you. Although I *am* hearing and not hard of hearing or Deaf, I do have a condition that causes me to struggle with understanding speech sometimes. If it isn't CAPD (Central Auditory...

Hello! It appears to be the custom of this website to post introductions, so I thought I would do so. Although I'm a software engineer by trade, I have an interest in a great number of things. One of them is language. I studied Spanish when I was in high school, but never found anyone to use...