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Hi Melly, Welcome to AllDeaf. Please know that you are not alone. If you feel lost, the Deaf Community is there to find you. You might, however, have to do a bit of work to be found. I will let others address the issue of a cochlear implant. It is a very controversial topic in the Deaf Community...

For your son's age, you might find the YouTube videos by Sheena McFeely fun to watch with him. The series is called ASLNook and might have some fun activities that you can do with your son to help him learn ASL.

Welcome to AllDeaf. What a fortunate son you have! Keep learning and signing. Do you have a Deaf Community Center where you live? If so, they will be happy to put you in touch with the right instructors or others who can help your family. Try and get as many family members as you can to join you...

She right about this. In fact, the hardest part is going to be turning off the sound of your own voice in your mind and switching it to the vision of your hands. When you are hearing, trying to learn ASL is difficult at first because you can't stop your natural inclination to think in sound...

I completely agree with this. The Deaf Community is pretty tight and everyone talks, especially about a terp who shows either disdain for those she is terping for, or in the bias she may show in her interptetation. Unless she intends to work solely for religious organizations that share her...

This was actually signed to me once... "If you want me talk dirty, lights on stay."

Welcome! Are either of your boys deaf, too? Enjoy reading and posting.

Do you mean you are hearing, and interested in Deaf culture only from a research point of view? Do you know any form of sign language? What is the purpose of your questions? Start there and you may get a better response. Otherwise, it looks like you could care less about the focus of this forum...

Hi Maria and welcome. Tell us more about yourself. Where do you live? Are you hearing? How did you become interested in d/Deaf/hh? Do you have Skype, too, or just Facetime?

Welcome V!

Gee, are you sure this actually works? Are you expecting to just show up and have a total stranger sign with you non-stop until you can hold a conversation. You might want to be sure that person is waiting for you when you get there. Unlike a foreign country where everyone speaks your target...

Where can you afford to live? Check out cost of living to focus your possible options. I'd like to live in London or Paris, but that isn't financially possible.

The success of your daughter will depend largely on her. How old is she? I think the biggest favor you can do for her is to establish her independence. Where does she want to live? The best community will be a place she feels safe and among people who share her interests and values. There is a...

If you and your boyfriend just plan to use ASL to sign to each other, then you can do whatever you want. But if you plan any form of interaction with a member of the deaf community, then selecting your own name sign will be considered offensive. Think of it as a form of tribal acceptance. dogmom...

Hi Justin, Tell us a little more about yourself. Are you deaf/hh? What brings you to AllDeaf? Michael

The best way to learn ASL is in a class, or with an ASL teacher. It's best if the teacher is deaf so that you learn the proper, and natural, facial markers. If you live in a place that doesn't have a strong deaf community or easy-to-attend class, like at a community center or community college...

Welcome! I am sure your ASL will be appreciated in your nursing career. Do you have soneone to sign with on a regular basis? Michael

Hello Everyone, I was at our Art Museum today (The Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota), and I asked if any of the docents gave tours in ASL. I was told it would be possible to arrange for a interpreter, but that they do not have docents who also sign ASL. The interpreter would be at the...

If you want to learn any language fluently, then you must immerse yourself fully in both the language and the culture. You can not simply learn the signs for a set of words and then go about your day speaking and expect to become fluent. Try using ASL in everything that you do. Fingerspell to...

Perhaps Jammies was just looking to practice sign with another gay person so that he didn't have to feel self-conscious about being gay. I get the whole "creeper" thing, and I agree that the request for help could have been worded in a way that didn't suggest he wanted to hook up (which I...