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hehe, I have heard some hearing people referred to as deaf impaired. The definition is accurate, but the connotation is the problem. The word ****** means stingy, but I don't think many black people would happy if you used that term to describe them. I don't care what a deaf...

there are many websites such as the ASL browser, etc. that help with learning sign. There are some good dictonaries, many of which I have. There are also some really good books, such as A Loss For Words, that can help you learn a lot about deaf culture. BUT... Books and online tools are...

that's a really interesting question, because I'm an ASL student, and i've been taught in all my ASL classes that many deafies don't want to socialize with hearies, students or not, and that has kept me away from "deaf events" as opposed to "student/deaf events" but I have never run into a deaf...

That was REALLY interesting. I never realized just how much you'd have to cue, I mean, you might as well use another language, you might as well sign. I mean, I can understand it's value in teaching pronunciation, or for late-deafened ppl, but... I don't know. It was interesting to see how it...

It is true that deaf people are more blunt, hehe, though that seems to be more true among uneducated deaf, at least in my experience. Maybe the more educated deaf ppl have learned the "hearing way" of talking about issues; though, I am not saying that is the better way. Lol.. one time, I...

Hearing student here, with not much long term ASL exposure BUT.... I am 18 years old, and I have had ASL teachers of a variety of ages and genders, as well as a few deaf friends. I have noticed that in ASL, as in all languages, words tend to get shortened, and easier to say. This is not...

I didn't feelstarting a new thread for this would be good so... I am an ASL student and I have to do a presentation on acid reflux. The one thing I can't seem to figure it is what classifier(s) to use to show food going down into the stomach. I am talking about a full meal, seems like it should...

I have seen the movie Sound and Fury, it is not a weird question. However, from what I saw in the movie, most of the time, the CODA daughter only signed with her parents, and had a voiceover, which might have been hers, interpreting for her. The only time she talked was when she was signing and...

Blindness separates you from... places and things. I think that's the quote. Okay, I don't want to get the firing squad after me... or anyone else... or be called a ravensteve person or something but... When you are blind, it is true that it makes it a lot harder to go new places...

Yes, I'm going to CSUN, hope to see you there, please PM me!

I have seen many students and iffy interpreters called "deaf-impaired;" some even call themselves "deaf-impaired" if they understand it enough, or have wandered away from deaf culture. So yes, halford, hearing people can be signing-impaired. I'm ASL impaired, lol. My PSE is great, but my ASL...

... Wow. I mean..I know plenty of hearies that are kinda slow.. myself sometimes included... but wow. Wouldn't this man feel stupid yelling "The order for the two deaf ladies is ready?" I mean, heellooo, anybody in there? Then again, as a sign language student and deaf studies major I...

When a hearing person, who knows ASL, is a communicating with a deafie, who knows ASL, it only makes sense for them to use it. Before even getting into other issues, ASL is a faster, clearer way to communicate than PSE, SEE, and often times, English. ASL is a language made to be received...

That is so tragic! The couple had 4 KIDS, the youngest was only 14. Imagine how the grandparents felt, they were in the house! The grandpa had blood on his shirt, meaning he tried to help, or got blood splattered on him. They had to see their son kill their daughter! Wow, the daughter and...

I've gone on field trips, been in classes, and been in meetings with 'terps and their deaf clients; their roles were very different. The field trip, visiting CSUN for a day through a JC, let the 'terps be more relaxed, and easily shift between friend and interpreter. One of the interpreters had...

Even for people who become deaf post-lingually, and for hearing people, lipreading is difficult at best. So many words look exactly the same on the lips, they ARE exactly the same. Lipreading is never something that can be fully mastered because it can't be perfected, no one can ever lipread...