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Well, I'll have to admit that I knew little if anything of the Deaf community until mid 06. I seldom saw anything signed, nor heard of any events or orginizations for the Deaf and lived in a town for over 2 years before I learned we have a regional deaf school. I grew up in the DEEP south...

Greetings I'm in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas We have two seasons - Spring and Summer. We're right on the US/Mexico border. County population about 750,000 about 90% latino We get about 60,000 Winter Texans (Snow Bords) that migrate here each winter from as far away as Canada. I'm not Deaf...

Fluency True. One of the first steps in learning somethingis patience. I had to learn that when I set out to learn another language, I can never have the knowledge of someone that has been communicating in that language for their whole life. Though I may be able to commnicate very...

How long As someone else has posted, it depends on the person. Me, personally, I like language. I was quick to master Spanish (except in writing) In spanish I hear a word once and it sticks. In ASL, I'm taught a sign and once I used it, it sticks also. Then there's a definition...

I would never agree that there is a "STANDARD". This would be to say there no colloquialisms. I have "spoken" to people in the deep south that have indicated a difference in a sign, yet the people here use something different. I have conferred with people in California that tell me they use...

Ok That's what I would normally sign. I know these things, for example if I were to ask someone if they drove here I would have signed "you drive here" with the raised eyebrows (inflections) If I wanted to know if someone could drive I would just sign "you drive" with inflections. In...

I have a question: I sign "you understand me" with raised eyebrows as asking a question. Someone else suggests "Can you understand me" Is this necessary? The results are the same right? I know in class with some of my Deaf students when I ask them if they understand I just nod my...

I thought it was neat, but that FLASHING thing above is annoying

yes. Yourself in the mirror. I too am surrounded by idiots...uh...I mean hearing people. Just kidding. I've taken ASL classes and I also use LIFEPRINT.COM's CD I get to occasionally interact with 6th, 7th and 8th graders in a math class that are Deaf but other than that, we have a...