Recent content by Sassyspiritedel

What *I* didn't like, is that House stated his reason for implanting the kid against his will, was that he was "opting into a handicap". WTF???? IME, D/deaf people do not see themselves as "handicapped", and I thought the statement was extremely denigrating to all the people who have fought to...

I live in the town where the woman hit the moose, and believe it or not, those suckers can move FAST. She was lucky it was a small moose, she could have easily been killed.

I am a hear-er, and my boyfriend is deaf, and I notice that many people treat him as if he were retarded because he can't hear or speak. It is unfair, and it is common. I also notice that people are VERY surprised when he and I are signing, and then I speak. I have heard many comments that...

38/f/upstate NY

Hello, I am Michelle. I am hearing, engaged to a deaf man. He went to NYSSD, and we met when we were kids. I took a class way back when in ASL, didn't see him for 20 years, we re-met in August 2004 and have been together ever since. I actually have a question, if I may. He and I have gone to...