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    Summer at Gallaudet

    I will let you all know for sure. Thanks for all the good wishes from all of yoU!
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    Name sign question

    Hmmmm....i have a question then... should I expect my name sign to change....currently it's the a-handshape that circles around the ear...for my implant. This was given to me when i still had hearing aids by a deaf person in my ASL class when i was around 10 years old. Since I am going...
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    Summer at Gallaudet

    Thanks Shel90.:ty: My goal is to become an audiologist and graduate from Gallaudet with a doctorate. I'm very excited to get a look at Gallaudet before I even attend. Most people aren't so lucky to spend a whole month on their top college choice's campus. Yay! I leave in 15 days for the...
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    You ever get people who tell you not to use sign language?

    that's why i absolutely can not WAIT to go to Gally this summer! one WHOLE month of pure signing. even though my skills are not up to par, I think I will learn SO much this summer that I can come back and use sign and voice simultaneously without stopping. I've vowed to tell anyone off if...
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    What would you do if no Captions are avaliable for you during school?

    Hey I'm in high school too right now. I have had to fight a lot for my rights to closed captions, homework written up on the board for me, etc. Here's what I do. If i ask my teacher for captions and there aren't any, on the top of my notes paper, I write "THERE WERE NO CAPTIONS" and just...
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    You ever get people who tell you not to use sign language?

    My best friends...or are they? I'm a senior in high school now. All through my junior year, I have been taking sign language as a class. As I have learned more, I have wanted to use more. My little sister once yelled at me for signing. My boyfriend held my hands together (that only happened...
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    Summer at Gallaudet

    Has anyone here gone to the intensive ASL program at Gallaudet University? I'm asking because I have signed up for the program. It's a one month program broken into 2 parts. It starts in July. I can't wait. Being deaf and not knowing sign is one of the hardest things to explain to my hearing...
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