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Yes, I know what TTY is. Most of my deaf culture and ASL education has been via older videos and books from the 80s and 90s so I was familiar with TTY but not so much with VRS. One scene in Switched At Birth was the first time I'd seen a videophone, so I was wondering if it's a new thing or if...

My ASL teacher is hearing, but the entire class is in ASL...no English allowed once class has begun. She's been teaching for 17 years and may as well have been speaking ASL since the day she was born. :P

Going on my memory... Level 1-ASL students such as myself. Really not qualified to interpret anything. :) Level 2-20% I think? Considered qualified to work in education with young children...bad idea btw. Level 3-40% or 60% Level 4-85% Level 5-95% Must be a level 5 to interpret in hospitals...

Oops, sorry! Yes, Joplin is in MO. There was an EF-5 tornado here in 2011...largest and most devastating since 1947. I forgot to mention...of those 50 or so deaf people that my ASL teacher said lived here, that was before the tornado. She said that some have moved away because they couldn't...

My ASL teacher was talking about interpreters in class this week and mentioned that there are approximately 50 deaf people in Joplin, but only 2 level 5 (95% accuracy) interpreters qualified to interpret for doctors appointments, etc. one of those interpreters is my very busy teacher and the...

I had the opportunity to visit one of Sorenson Communications relay centers with my ASL class last week. It was very interesting, we got a tour and info about the company and what they do, (interpret for deaf and HOH over the phone) and attended one of their regular CEUs (Continuing Education...

BTW, the link is: alldeafhangout - Tinychat It is easy to broadcast via webcam or type, whichever you prefer. I would love to be able to get a group going and practice my ASL as I'm learning. :) Planning to be on this Sunday.

Probably just some weirdo then who thought it would be fun to ban people. Don't worry about it. Moderator changes every time. I was part of another TinyChat group once and we had strangers not in the group come in and spam or cause trouble...or people not mature enough to moderate signing in...

Clapping Cat - YouTube :D

Looks like a weird, cheesy, sci-fi horror movie!

That's weird.... Whoever gets on first is the Mod, so if it's empty when you arrive...that's you. :) I used to check all the time to see if anyone was on, but I've quit doing that and now I just try to sign in every Sunday evening, around 7:00 CST. Usually empty, but I figure "If you build it...

LOL! Poor kid didn't drink enough water or something. He was like 5 at the time.

I once took my little brother to the public bathroom at a campsite. He was constipated so we were in there for a while and this group of college guys (the same guys that had kept us all awake half the night with their carousing around) congregated around the door, banging on it every 2 seconds...

....and I was talking about minorities in general....you can't take a general statement and apply it to an individual and then conclude that because the statement does not fit that person/persons therefore the statement is false. My minority member friends don't think they're victims either. :)

I believe I am the person being referred to here. :) I am hearing (well, for the most part, still need to get a hearing test done and find out what's going on) and I don't understand what it's like to be deaf. I don't claim to understand. My post was about minorities in general and although I...

I'm hangin' on TinyChat this evening! :) Let's partay folks! :P

LOL! I hate those non-locking doors! Hehe, no one ever taught me how to lock those doorknobs that you push in and turn to lock it. Had no idea that you could do that (who thinks to teach that to their child?) until my boss's son almost walked in on me once. Now every time HE uses that bathroom...

I love your comments, Christine! :) Something I have noticed is that a lot of times minority groups EXPECT to be victims and use their differences as a crutch or a reason for everything bad that happens to them. Did that person really glare at you because you're black or because you dress and...

I should move to England! I hate it when people knock on the door while I'm in there and I hate even more knocking to see if someone is there. It's like an invasion of privacy. If everyone would just leave the door open when they leave, so we KNOW it's occupied if the door is shut...it would be...

I find it amazing that people can be so rude to anyone who is different than they are. My parents taught me to treat everyone with respect and love. Thinking badly of someone simply because they can't hear, can't speak, wear this shirt instead of that one, paint their nails, dye their hair...