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Yeah....the main thing I need is people I can communicate with they don't necessarily have to be Deaf but I won't be able to join in any interests if there is no ASL access. Interpreters are great for plays and things but when it comes to real socializing I have to have direct communication...

Hello all. I was wondering if anyone had some good places to live for Deaf. I liked Austin, Tx but it's too hot for me there and I also need a city that has good public transit cause I can't drive (due to another disability). I'm in Chicago now but the community seems very small and mostly oral...

moving via train I do the amtrak anytime I can. Depend on my schedule and if I have time to. I'm moving up to Chicago via Amtrak. It's awesome. They let you take up to 6 boxes of stuff free on the train. Also, they give you discount if you are Deaf/HoH. My trip is by far the easiest, cheapest...

I have had varying responses at some of these social events. I'm HoH and prefer ASL and not speaking (though my ASL skills aren't fluent and I didn't grow up with it). I am taking ASL classes as my choice. I have had some who have been nice to me and welcoming. I have had others who have not...

Dogmom- Wow! Me too. I also have a "mild" hearing loss audiologically but have chosen the Deaf world. My brain just isn't hearing, never has been. I don't understand speech very well. I always have to get people to repeat themselves all the time and I speak weird. People often don't...

Dogmom- Wow, yeah I can really relate to your experiences. I also didn't learn basic math or to count or follow simple instructions or anything till high school I couldn't read even when I was 13 and I still get confused with anything with instructions. I just finally learn to write fluently...

Wow! There are so many of us....I had no idea....I was born HoH and grew up in hearing world and institutions for mentally handicapped/foster care. It was a nightmare. I never learned to speak well, so I am still considered nonverbal and was diagnosed autistic. Signing comes naturally to me so I...

I have this as a part of Autism, I am also HoH with classical hearing loss, they call me "functionally" deaf and I get interpreters now. I have been picking up ASL so naturally even though I had almost no exposure to signing as a kid and the little bit I had was signed english. My brain doesn't...

I was finally evaluated by an audiologist who says I am "functionally" deaf. The more I learn and the more I immerse myself in the Deaf community the more I feel my issues were more lack of access to language rather than autism. It's the most bizarre thing. THe more I am taught in ASL the better...

I see this is a very old thread but as someone who is autistic (mostly nonverbal though I can physically say some words verbally) AND hard of hearing I have to say that my experience learning ASL has opened up a whole new world for me. I feel like I have a lot in common with Deaf folk I have met...

On behalf of all hearing folk I really want to apologize for our behavior. I personally think ASL is such a beautiful language and I feel honored to learn it. It really sucks that you all have had such bad experiences with interpreters. I am going to school to be an interpreter (hopefully) and I...

Looking for ASL friendly housing in Chicago. I'm hard of hearing and will be moving to Chicago in August. I understand some spoken speech in limited contexts but it's frustrating and I prefer to live with people who at least basic signs. I'm making the transition from primarily typing and...

I tested as profoundly deaf as a young child but am not deaf at all. I am autistic so I respond to sounds and hear sounds differently but definitely not deaf....

Hi! I have been doing the ASL university (lifeprints) lessons and they are really helpful. I'm also trying to find more opportunities to sign. I'm in ASL classes but it's hard if you don't use what you learn in class. I don't understand speech that well but everyone around me still insists on...

Hi all. I am having a mini breakdown trying to figure out what to do and wondering if anyone has any thoughts. I have been accepted to 2 different interpreting programs. One in Chicago and the other in Maine. I originally wanted to go to the one in Maine, I got a lot of fin aid in my award...

Hmmmm. Well I have tatoos on my arms and am going to interpreter school. I guess I'll have to wear long sleeves which is fine by me. I don't like living in hot climates anyway!

I have autism and have this same issue (I am hearing as well). I also have the issue with lights and visual overload. I just happen to be one of those lucky people who has a particularly sensitive nervous system I guess! It's so bad that I often can't process sound because it's so overwhelming...

I've stayed at the one in Portland and had a great experience. They had lockers to lock your stuff up but honestly most everyone was nice, they had tours and activities in the city if you didn't have friends/family there. I will probably make use of that when I move this summer and am searching...

Wow! I have the same thing you guys are describing the contant refridgerator noise. I feel vibrations really sensitive to it and it will wake me up. And just hear weird noises all the time too. I'm hearing though too, but fluctuates in auditory processing ability. For me my brain is the problem...

Hi guys. I'm new on this site. I'm hearing and was born with autism was nonverbal most of my childhood and signed as a kid. My teachers wouldn't let me and would tie my hands behind my back so I couldn't sign. They thought that would make me talk I guess. I do talk now but prefer to sign. Still...