Recent content by Rei

Joan that would make sense, in my psychology class we examined how in relationships the people that tend to stay together usually have alot in common, friendships and communitys probably operate on the same principle. i guess the saying opposites attract isnt true lol

thats intresting. i would have never thought that someone useing a CI might not be considered "deaf" by their peers. as a hearing person i would personaly consider someone useing such a device as deaf. does having a CI put someone in a so called cultural "no mans land"? the technology aspect...

Thank you every one for your imput. I am sorry i have not been responding, the end of the semester has me scrambling to get homework done on time. drphil, you are right, when i started this thread i generalized too much, i am sorry, i should not have done that. so from the comments on here it...

i want to learn asl to help people. my goal is to become a counsler and fluent in asl so i can help people who are hard of hearing or deaf without them having to go through the hassel of getting an interpreter.

today in my sociology class we were talking about what binds certain groups together in a society. my teacher brought up Deaf culture. this got me to thinking about why other groups seem to not be as strongly bonded as the Deaf. so my question is what do you think causes the strong bond in Deaf...

ok im not sure how to reply to diffrent ppl indvidualy on here so until i figure it out i am going to reply in one message. sorry. Buffalo, i would love any suggestions you have for me, thats one of the reasons i joined AD. anouther was to learn about a new culture that i had not been exposed...

Thank you everyone for the wonderful advice. this post definatly brought up somethings that i had not previously thought about, in terms of what i will encounter as a forensic psychologist. i am definatly going to have to research more to decide if i want to go into forensics or work as a...

Thank you for the response. i definatly want to sign up for asl classes now. i was wanting to hear someone elses ideas on the subject before i signed up for a class that i do not need to graduate, i have already compleated my elective credit requirments and my language requirements with german...

Hi, my name is Rei and i stumpled on to this site while researching Deaf culture, and asl. i recently became re-intrested in learning sign langauge. i fist started learning esl from my mother who use to baby sit for a deaf child, due to some problems with our relationship i quit trying to learn...