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You're welcome! :D I don't have any stories, I've always made friends easily. Oh wait, I do remember one, but it doesn't affect me directly. I was mainstreamed at a middle school, and the ONLY Deaf student there. One day, one of my friends came up and told me that she had overheard a...

IMO it's all about the ability and desire to teach, not just the fluency. At my college, it's only the Deaf that teach ASL 1 - 4, and a hearing woman who is CODA (her father's a well-known member of the Deaf community) teaches Sim-Com. At my hearing friend's university - which is about 2...

Interesting topic! Off the top of my head: There is still the idea that speech = intelligence, so for those of us who choose not to speak, we are seen as inferior, even subhuman by some. We can't: read, drive, write, laugh (my mother's first protest when she found out I was deaf - "But...

gotta add. True story. In my jr year of high school, a blonde friend and I went out to try this restaurant, and as we got ready to eat our meal, I had to stop and watch. She was trying to get the ketchup out of a glass bottle, but it wouldn't come out. I finally took pity on her and pointed...

LOL! Good one, Chase!

Yikes! I hope you find it soon. :(

WARNING!!! The punchline is a play on words. So there's two sisters. They run a ranch, and one day they decide it's time to buy a bull. One of the sisters goes to the county farm stock fair, and there she sees the perfect bull. After agreeing on the price, she asks if the seller can...

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Yeah, when a hearing person misspells a word (like hear for here or your for you're), I just look at the context. My husband is TERRIBLE with that. :giggle: As for l337 (elite-speak), I first heard of it from my ex-boyfriend and I learned it pretty well. If I see it in a word, I can figure...

Don't get me started on THAT, Jillio! XD I tolerate phonics at best, but I absolutely DETEST the new testing craze from the 9th circle of Hell known as "DIBELS". :rifle::rifle::rifle: I will admit, though, phonics have been shown in research to be a direct link to gaining literacy in...

OK! I'll do an "in-line" critique to make it easier for the two of us. I have some experience critquing from scribophile.com (you should probably consider joining that site - it is excellent). Text in red & bold are my comments. FIRST...I *LOVE* it!!! I do want to read some more! :D...

Donno, TechBill. I only know from my friends' experiences. :dunno2: I *THINK* it's always been okay to do the implants on toddlers. Mellinart, :) I hope the CI will work for you! I too have a sensorineural loss, and I can hear so good with my digital hearing aids. I very much doubt a CI...

Who's the head admin?

I met her too, at a Deaf event in Austin, TX. I wish I had the money then to buy it! :D She seemed like a nice lady. :D

Elena1, WHY did you move???? :D It's changed so much. Now we have a Target's, some new restaurant chains... it's getting big!

Does the site allow for critiquing each other's stories? Like, helping to improve the writing process and/or the written piece itself?

Ohhh Yeah!!!! :d

It just felt like you were not letting me have my own opinion. Everything I state, you question. This is not the thread for that. I never said "parents choose CI for themselves". Re-read my posts. The implantation of young toddlers actually started much earlier - my friends (and I)...

OMG I've GOT to join this!!! :D I'm a member of Scribophile (also new) and I participate in the annual NaNoWriMo event. NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month, which takes place every November, and the goal is to write 50,000 words in 30 days. FUN!!!

PePe LePew - LOL!