Evil_Leprechuan
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Hello, You can call me TJ.
Brief Introduction...ok. I will try and keep it brief.
I was introduce to ASL When I was a kid, My Aunt was born deaf, And am the Oldest nephew, grandson, child, she was 14 and always volunteered to watch me, so I learned how to read quite a few signs as a toddler. While a Toddler I was in a accident, kind of freaky to some, not so to one who lived through it, and wound up literately biting my tongue off. MY Aunt and mother decided I need to learn sign, seeing as the doctors when I was young told them there was a very real possibility it would not repair enough for speech. So I stopped learning how to communicate "Normally" and was taught sign by my aunt and a tutor.
The public school system tried putting me in special classes cause regular teachers didnt know sign, if not for me excelling in my classes, except for reading, only cause I couldn't read out loud, they might have succeeded.
I grew up with the same crap the rest of you did, the mocking the teasing, the mimicking, difference is, I could still hear them. When I was about 7 in 2rd grade a doctor cut that little cord under our tongues and made mine long enough for me to be able to talk again. With speech therapy classes I regained speaking, although I would have to continue the speech therapy classes into my teens to get it right.
Changed schools in 3rd grade for a fresh start, Gotta love mom for that idea. I think it was her overhearing someone call me dog boy cause the so called barking noises I made once in a while when I would try and respond to someone verbally when they weren't getting my signs.
Years later I still surround myself with those in the deaf community, in college my room mate was/is deaf. Our group of friends were mainly deaf, save for the few who deemed ASL worth learning. My fiance has two family members who are deaf, I met her through her brother who is a friend of mine who is deaf online over a decade ago.
Recently moved to Jacksonville Florida and am missing the friends I had in College, so here I am looking for a community of people who had to go through Similar crap that the so called normal ppl put us through.
Was that Brief?
Brief Introduction...ok. I will try and keep it brief.
I was introduce to ASL When I was a kid, My Aunt was born deaf, And am the Oldest nephew, grandson, child, she was 14 and always volunteered to watch me, so I learned how to read quite a few signs as a toddler. While a Toddler I was in a accident, kind of freaky to some, not so to one who lived through it, and wound up literately biting my tongue off. MY Aunt and mother decided I need to learn sign, seeing as the doctors when I was young told them there was a very real possibility it would not repair enough for speech. So I stopped learning how to communicate "Normally" and was taught sign by my aunt and a tutor.
The public school system tried putting me in special classes cause regular teachers didnt know sign, if not for me excelling in my classes, except for reading, only cause I couldn't read out loud, they might have succeeded.
I grew up with the same crap the rest of you did, the mocking the teasing, the mimicking, difference is, I could still hear them. When I was about 7 in 2rd grade a doctor cut that little cord under our tongues and made mine long enough for me to be able to talk again. With speech therapy classes I regained speaking, although I would have to continue the speech therapy classes into my teens to get it right.
Changed schools in 3rd grade for a fresh start, Gotta love mom for that idea. I think it was her overhearing someone call me dog boy cause the so called barking noises I made once in a while when I would try and respond to someone verbally when they weren't getting my signs.
Years later I still surround myself with those in the deaf community, in college my room mate was/is deaf. Our group of friends were mainly deaf, save for the few who deemed ASL worth learning. My fiance has two family members who are deaf, I met her through her brother who is a friend of mine who is deaf online over a decade ago.
Recently moved to Jacksonville Florida and am missing the friends I had in College, so here I am looking for a community of people who had to go through Similar crap that the so called normal ppl put us through.
Was that Brief?
