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Even knowing some basic signs and how to fingerspell would be helpful, but they have to have a good reason for learning it. The people in my church see me signing and think I'm doing such a great job that they don't have to learn any of it, at least that is the impression I get, even after...

I'm glad to know the story is bogus, but I'm afraid I don't have a sense of humor about it. I started my blog a few months ago and then found this forum, hoping to get some understanding of this brand new world that my husband has introduced me to, because my frustration level is high. I can't...

I showed the link to my husband and he agreed with it. He rarely talks to me about his past experiences so I do not know exactly why he feels alienated from the deaf community. I'm getting some insites here and that is helpful for me, so that I don't press him into going to deaf activities. If...

My husband tells people immediately, before they say more than hello, that he is deaf. It saves them the embarrassment. For the most part, he is easy to understand, at least he is for me and that is due to that fact that I listen to him much more than anyone else. He does mispronounce some...

I asked my husband if he prefers the deaf world or the hearing world and he said he prefers the hearing world because he can talk. He also seems to be more annoyed with the attitudes of some deaf people than he is with the ignorance and attitudes of hearing people. I guess it all depends on how...

My husband is deaf and talks well. I've noticed that most people either forget he is deaf and try to talk to him like he can hear, or they ignore him and talk to me. He doesn't read lips very well, if at all. Sometimes he will sign, but he does not use ASL. He uses Signed English. When we met, I...

Thank you. It's nice to meet you also. I had a nice little chat with our bishop, gave him a list of things to do, and the link to my blog. He said he wants to know everything I'm willing to share. Kelly, I will send you an email. Right now it's almost 2006. They said on the news that we...

This is the best suggestion, and you put it very well. I added another entry to my blog today about church. I kind of unloaded on our poor unsuspecting First Counselor. I will be talking to our bishop sometime in the near future and it will be better to be calmer and more prepared. They said...

I agree that awareness and acceptance is good and she probably helped with that. Most of the people in Church are accepting, especially the children. I wonder though if the reason the leaders and teachers have not helped me much is because they are a little over confident in my abilities. How do...

We attended the deaf ward in Salt Lake City after he was baptized. In fact, he was baptized at the Stake Center there. We live about 30 miles west of the city, so any deaf ward is kind of a long drive. I do not know why exactly but he no longer wants to go to the deaf ward. A few of the people...

Hello everyone, I'm happy to have found this forum (Google search). I am a hearing person who has been married to a deaf man for six years. I started a blog about our experiences, and my perspective of what it is like to be deaf. The blog is at http://juliasrants.blogspot.com/ I've given...