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I was wondering about that. What about brand new deaf signers? Fluent CODA's? I imagine a CODA who's been around deafies for life would be mistaken for Deaf much quicker than the oral deaf/late-deafened mom who just started ASL 101 last week.

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That was one of the coolest articles I've ever read.

Lol. I'm sorry. I don't even want to know what my facial expressions look like. :laugh2:

I imagine a lot of late-deafened or deaf people that learn ASL as an adult look "hearing." Is it really that easy to tell if someone is Deaf or hearing from their signing?

How about splitting the cost?

What about if the deaf driver is in the car with other passengers trying to keep up on conversation by watching signs or speech reading? I'd say focused drivers are the safest drivers. It's not about deaf or hearing, it's about focused or distracted. A deaf driver who's signing with their...

I think this is a bit different from just being like "oh he's deaf" cause she was explaining how to communicate with you.

What was the cop thinking? Facebooking makes you immune to getting in a car accident? :roll:

Tell this to all the people that seem to equate the two.

There's just as much controversy over terminology in the blind community. Some people take issue with the term "visually impaired" for a lot of parallel reasons, like thinking it indicates they have more vision than they do (or any at all if they're total). On the flip side, NFB members who...

I can totally understand where you're coming from and think it's up to you whether to speak or not. Of course I'd suggest being reasonable too, like using your voice in an emergency or in a time-sensitive situation where signing/writing would take too long.

Man, those two knife and cake stories were gross. :iobarf:

Can we get a transcript? :ty::ty:

What's her/your sign name?