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Oh my God... i just... I shouldn't be surprised at this, but the ignorance and stupidity of people hasn't yet ceased to amaze me. I think the quotes speak for themselves. This was written in the year 2005? GAG!

British Deaf Association This is a really cool website, and I have two questions about it. One, do organizations like the NAD in America have anything like this? Do the deaf people who watch this and know ASL understand this? I have an American deaf friend who knows almost no BSL and...

I saw it, it was a decent movie. It was nice to see a movie with signing, and the fact that there was a deaf family member not being a big deal. Really though, as probably happens in all hearing families with one deaf member, not everything was signed when Thad (Ty Giordano) was in the room...

Older Adult Person? Over age person?

There is probably a thread about this somewhere, so type in Cued Speech in the search area and you will probably find something much better than this. There are also people who know way more about this who will hopefully respond, like loml, hopefully. But, to give you my abbreviated...

Karma I saw the guy who dropped it chasing after the one who stole it. It will just depend on who is a faster runner... and who wants it more.

Marlee Matlin's "Where the Truth Lies" DVD does not have captions and it was distributed in the US...not to mention that um HELLO Marlee is deaf and the exec producer of the movie is a CODA, and Marlee's company made the movie. Apparently the company that was working with Marlee's co. was too...

The most balanced, happy deaf people I've met have been ones that went to both mainstream schools and schools for the deaf. I have one friend who went to a mainstream school all morning, and then to the school for the deaf all afternoon. That way, she could get her challenging classes, as well...

The one thing that the article doesn't mention is that CI's do NOT make people fully hearing, no matter when they are implant. The cochlea has 200,00 hairs to pick up sound in the ear of a "normal" hearing person, the best CI I've heard about has 24 (it may be higher than that, but nothing near...

Wait.... so interpreters can be in a room in a doctor's appointment to tell a person they have AIDS, possibly be there for a deaf person later to help them tell family, work or other people (if they decide to). They can interpret what a person is saying under oath. They can interpret in jails...

Although it's true you can become deaf, you can't become prelingually deaf. Even late deafened people who learn ASL and become involved with deaf culture aren't totally accepted as deaf, generally speaking. (I don't know, could IKJ be considered an exception?...I really don't know enough about...

Although I can't say that blind people have, or believe they have, a culture; they do have many organizations and events. A very strong advocate for and of blind people is the NFB, National Federation of the Blind, much like deaf people's NAD. If you are interested in reading more, you can go to...

At least for hearing people learning sign, Sim-Com, to put it simply, sucks. If you are speaking English, you will sign English, even signing CASE can become difficult. Also, speaking in general is an easy way to forget to sign, assuming the person will understand you because you verabalized a...

You have the total right to use whatever form of communication you like. It seems like you are showing the way you would like all of them to communicate. Like you said, you can "kind of follow" a conversation with them. If they aren't willing to learn sign for you, why should you have to stop...

I know. I have a very strong sense of morals and right and wrong, and I don't know if I could do it. I really have to talk to some Christian interpreters and see what they have to say. I mean, if someone is doing something illegal, you feel like an accomplice. If you have to be the tool to chew...

Travis, I'm in the same boat as you. I've finished ASL 4 and some pre-terping classes required here, and I have to decide whether or not to continue with interpreting. I'm taking an "Intro to Interpreting" class which has helped some, though most of the information I already know. Just...

Dkf, I totally agree. When it is at all possible I prefer to give a total "interpretation" of everything that's being said, etc. This happens when any of my friends miss something, but especially with my deaf friends, (understandably). Sometimes though, with a big group, if the person wasn't in...

I used to use never mind with hearing friends all the time. When I started learning sign, I quickly learned that the phrase "never mind" was inappropriate to use with deaf people, for cultural reasons, and I rarely use it. If I am in a group with a deaf person, and he/she asks me to repeat...

Ah yes, "never mind." Did you notice how that sign doesn't have a conceptual equivalent in ASL? There is a reason for this. In hearing culture, people say never mind when someone really doesn't get something, or they have missed out on a large part of a conversation and it would be...

After a woman sued (and won) McDonald's in a lawsuit because she spilled their hot coffee on herself, companies can't be too careful.