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Welcome, Clay! What got you interested in ASL? Is there anyone you can sign with?

Hi, I am in Sarasota. Although I am not deaf, I do sign ASL. I am also gay. In Sarasota, it can be difficult meeting hearing gay men, let alone deaf gay men. I assume you are in Ft. Myers. Have you lived in Florida long? Happy to get to know you, Michael

OK... at my house you would have to be able to sign about the following topics: 1. Work 2. Traffic 3. Dogs (definitely about the dogs) 4. Movies or TV 5. Food (what are we having for dinner, etc.) Hmmm... those look like the same topics you would talk about in a...

Sorry, my last post was, perhaps, a bit sarcastic. I didn't mean to use that tone. As a hearing person learning ASL as a child, I learned the concepts that were important to communicate with my friend first. I learned how to ask if my friend wanted to play (WANT PLAY?). I learned to ask...

OK. Without the context of your specific situation, your question is a bit vast to answer with a simple list of words and phrases. Start here: http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/concepts.htm That should give you 100 signs with which to have a basic and simple exchange...

Hi Becki, You were much better in this video! Excellent progress. I understood everything you signed in the video, so that means you are communicating. As you gain experience, a lot of your signing will become more efficient. For now, keep building vocabulary and speed. Try not to translate...

If I could make a suggestion... when I watch your video, it looks as if you are signing in some sort of rhythm. It doesn't look like communication, it looks like some strange dance you have learned with your hands. Imagine if you were speaking English with a metronome and you could only say one...

Hi Kimmie, you probably already know the answer to this question. If you found yourself in the middle of a country where you did not know the language, what do you think the most important concepts would be? In order to communicate in ASL, try not to think of it as a translation of English...

Funny you should ask that, caz. My childhood friend and I recently reconnected through Facebook. We were both very happy to relive our memories. Our lives have taken such different paths. He went to Gallaudet, then Harvard and now works as an attorney serving the Deaf Community. We have been...

Hello everyone, My name is Michael. I am hearing. When I was a child, my family lived next-door to a deaf family. Their son Mark and I would play almost everyday. They lived next to us for 3 years when I was 6-9 years old. Mark attended a Deaf school, while I went to regular hearing...