Recent content by lumiina

My husband is advising me not to go on this forum any longer because it's making me to anxious when waiting for a reply about the ridicule that I might receive. I've been very emotional about it. Since I'm not really involved in American Deaf culture, though involved in an international Deaf...

They've told me directly that I have a part. But perhaps you guys don't understand what I mean by that. I don't go against her mother's method of raising her, but she trusts me with the decisions I make when she's under my care. It just means I'm an influence on her (as is any adult who comes...

The girl (the neighbor) signs a bit when she has her magnet off (like while swimming), but mostly just lip reads and talks. Her mother (hearing) is actually more interested in keeping up her own signing than her it seems. But when she was a toddler, she signed so well (I've seen videos). I'm...

But at a camp where the majority are hearing kids, those kids still have to be supervised by a counselor off the premise as well. It's a typical thing. I work at a daycare (which is a younger age group than your camp's age group, I'm sure), and it takes a long time to get everyone's order. One...

It's not too crazy for a hearing person to think that a Deaf person would know another Deaf person they know. If they are coming from an experience like mine, I met a group of Deaf people and they were sharing with each other information about a new Deaf student at their school and I was told by...

That's what I expected. I think an interest in this is going to take her somewhere. I wanted to reassure her parents of that. Her mom is generally okay with it. If she's already doing so much research, she might turn into one smart person. Likewise, she has a friend who's really interested in...

Just awful. My prayers go out to Boston.

Ah, I see. Seems like the typical language class! I find fingerspelling (in JSL) difficult, especially understanding someone else fingerspelling at a normal pace. So, it's definitely been helpful for me to get practice with that in person. I've been improving ever since I've been practicing in...

I never thought about it being a sign that predators would take advantage of. That's a really good point. It's sad that we live in a world like this.

Congrats on getting to your first class! I spent a long time learning Japanese Sign Language with YouTube videos being my only guide. The first time I got a chance to be taught by a Japanese Deaf person and practice my JSL was absolutely amazing. I had no idea if all my studying would actually...

The child is hearing and she's nine years old.

I nanny a child who is extremely interested in cochlear implants. She'll spend hours online just looking up the technology, and can name all the parts of a C.I. Her next door neighbor is Deaf and has a cochlear implants. But she's not so interested in sign language. She used to be, but for...

Never mind, it's okay. I may disappear and I have no intention on how much I will or was going to post on this forum, so you're perfectly right. I introduced myself because of that one thread about people who read but don't ever post. I actually try to stay away from doing things in English...