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Wow, interesting. As much as I mused at times about how it would be easy for a hearie to hang out with Deaf people and not have them ever find out that this person is hearing, I didn't think people would go as far as faking it. This is sort of like me, and I do use earplugs a lot, but I can...

Interesting that I stumbled across this thread right away just as I was thinking about this whole trend of songs on YouTube in ASL. Yeah, some of them are very good and some of them are very crappy. I am intrigued by this whole concept of signing songs in ASL since I would think you need to be...

You definitely can, but it's very difficult to actually break into Deaf culture if you are a hearie. While the bi-bi education approach in Deaf schools is awesome, including its cultural education component, it's only accessible to those who are actually Deaf. In terms of Gallaudet enrolment, if...

I'm surprised that they still bash hearies, considering that William Stokoe founded ASL as a formal language. And yes, this has benefited Deaf culture... at least Deaf people can now sign in public with no shame. Also, thanks to him, ASL can now be officially taught in schools, allowing Deaf...

Hello, I work with a 19-year-old on the autism spectrum who struggles a lot to process verbal information. He can hear and repeat some words, but quickly overloads when people are saying too much and too fast. I say things very slowly to him and he can repeat it, but his ability to draw...

I'm hearing and Autistic, too (Asperger's). I also work with Autistic people. I signed up after lurking here for a while, to discuss anything that is Deaf-related. Lately, I've been more and more involved in things that are linked to Deaf issues and this would be a good outlet for discussing...