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I avoid Cued speech like the plague - even though I was a cued speech baby! (Besides, few people here have even heard about it!)

I definitely don't identify with American culture (I'm Australian), however, I believe that if I were to visit America, I would identify with the Deaf culture there, because they are good at communication (In my experience, because they use body language, facial expression, etc), and often share...

I think there is a fine line between disability and discrimination, and I feel that if the economy is excessively reliant on hearing, then the government should help. Examples here are relay services for an economy reliant on the phone (My bank, for example, is *entirely* phone based, although I...

What is your family communication background? -Are your parents hearing? Deaf siblings? Does your family sign? Nope, I'm the only deaf one in my family - my family does not sign, although they want to learn, now that I prefer sign language. (In all fairness, I've only recently used Auslan...

Icing sugar, or hand-made caramel! (It's the only thing that makes popcorn bearable to eat!)

Hey Milli, sent you a response too - sorry for making you wait, but I needed sleep...

Hey Hutt5asl - I see you're still learning? Don't make me feel bad, I don't know *any* ASL yet - will work on that soon... Seems to be a very popular sign language outside of Australia. Would it be fair to say that most people on this forum know ASL?

Send me a message off the thread, and tell me about the magazine. :) Sorry, I'm crazy when it comes to this sort of thing!

Hey there. (Yes, YOU!). I'm a deaf guy from Australia, grew up strictly oral (I still shudder when I see an AVT textbook... Long memories...) Successfully used an implant for many years, and learnt to speak very well, but it was an insane amount of work. I grew up in the country, without a...