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Thank you for your reply, Annie. One thing I don't understand is how does learning ASL enable deaf children to become successful adults. How does knowing a language almost nobody else in the country uses benefit them? Of course I agree that there are extreme disadvantages preventing...

I'm not lumping you all together. I specifically mentioned the people I have worked with and their families. In another post I referred to this group as a growing sub-culture of the deaf community. And yes, you absolutely should be expected to have at least a solid foundation in the language...

Thank you for your response, Jane. You are mostly right, but I have had interactions with the deaf family of clients as well. Also, I have worked with and met literally hundreds of deaf people. In almost every case I have observed the characteristics I described in my opening post. That’s...

Typical deaf. Slow to understand, quick to anger. Guys, I am a friend to the deaf. The deaf love me! I’m still waiting for one of you guys to stop being offended by my experiences with deaf people and explain why there’s a growing sub-culture in the community who do not learn English?

Hello, alldeaf members. I am a hearing person who works with profoundly deaf people in their workplace. I come in peace, so please do not be offended by the thread title. I have a background of working with disabled people; however, prior to this job working with various deaf individuals and...