Recent content by goldlegend

I know where Washington is. You're still a bit outside of even St. Louis county. If you ever plan to come back, visit Bell Club or GSLAD and you will find open arms of signers.

Just out of curiousity, how long ago was this? Villa Ridge isn't even technically St. Louis anyhow. The Bell Club, a known oral-Deaf group of St. Louis still encourages and uses ASL/PSE, etc.

My mom tends to speak mostly to me and my sister (both hearing), but my dad still signs alot within the household. Are your kids fluent in sign yet? Not at all. Plenty of young and old alike are still non-oral. Check out members of GSLAD. Well, it is what it is. I have a very...

Some of those schools (SJI for example) I believe actually started out as sign schools but changed to oral-only. Both of my parents attended that school and didn't learn fluent sign until just before they entered college.

Born and raised.

Actually, * adds emphasis.

I'm always willing to practice with anyone! Like in school to learn sign/interpret? They love it. Yep, St. Louis is known for its oral Deaf crowd.

Sounds too good to be true, and when it does.. it usually is a scam.

College was my first real exposure to ASL even with being a CODA. But for example, my school offers a certification of proficiency for ASL if you don't want to go "all the way" to be a interpreter. Doing something like that and socializing, socializing, and... yes, socializing with your local...

Thats the best rule that I was taught. When it happened / What or who you're talking about / What about it or what did it do All of my ASL classes at my school are taught by Deaf teachers and we never had any type of songs, either.

A hipster usually has the following: - A fixed bike - Wears thick-framed glasses - Listens to bands who most people haven't heard of that they think are amazing - Drink only PBR beer

Hey there, everyone. My name is Ray. Stumbled across this website with a Google search and was excited to see such a thriving Deaf forum. A little about myself: I'm a CODA who grew up in a oral Deaf/PSE/straight English household. I currently attend school in St. Louis to become an...