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Yes, they do. The school I teach at has the district's D/HH program embedded in it, so we have a good bunch of D/HH kids and interpreters. But it's a big urban school with very diverse students. I met with our school's case manager for Blind/VI students because I will have one of her kids in...

My department at work has 2 deaf, 2 hearing who can use ASL pretty fluently, one awkward fingerspeller, and like 5 who don't sign at all. Always have interpreters at the meetings. We set up "Working Agreements" for our meetings (always a good idea) and they includes standard stuff like "start...

I don't think my parents would have invited my brother's girlfriend to my graduation...actually I think my brother didn't go! But if he did, *HE* could have invited her. Truthfully *I* barely wanted to go sit through the ceremony. So if it were my mom, she wouldn't have invited you either...

There are just mean, nasty people in this world. Unfortunately they end up being related to perfectly nice people. If it weren't the hearing issue, they'd probably be emotionally abusive to you about other things. Obviously no amount of explaining will make them understand, because they...

Hey to another 'Sconnie! Are you still in Milwaukee? I am in Madison. We are neighbors!

She is at an age where friends are starting to get married. She sees shower gifts, pretty dresses, and flowers. She may not even really seriously want to be married, she just wants to not be left behind. She might just want to wave her hand at her friends, jump around and scream, and cut dress...

Well, I am hearing, and I guess I am in the minority here because I am not actively looking for a deaf man. That said, my current crush just happens to be deaf. I can understand deaf wanting to date deaf...it means a greater chance of finding someone who uses the same language and can likely...

Well I'm is a contraction of I am...and the verb "to be" (of which "am" is a form) does not exist in ASL. (Nor does it in Russian, btw). So thinking of the meaning, to sign "I am happy" you would just sign the equivalent of "I happy" Although the spelled words of ASL use fingerspelling of...

Are you voicing the stories while you sign them? It is really difficult, if not impossible for most people to voice English while signing in ASL. You have to express yourself in two languages with different grammar and word order at the same time. Most brains don't work well that way. If you...

I tend to be WAY too shy to ask a guy out, but if I have an "excuse" I go with it. (Keep in mind I'm single so take this advice as just one gal's opinion that may not be worth much.) I would tell him I was stuck with some ASL thing, and would he be willing to help me. Then we'd go meet...

I work as a financial educator, meeting with families helping them know what is going on with their money, what should/could happen, what good solid principles are, how to find investments that match your risk profile. You could be surprised how un-complicated it is to make good decisions, once...

Good decision to cut out the pen and paper. As a language teacher, the only way to REALLY acquire a language is just by receiving messages in the language that you understand, and oodles of repetition of new words/phrases until they get stuck in the memory. She will learn a lot more this way...

Just explain via e-mail that you prefer to text or email, but you could use relay if they prefer. Phone calls before you meet someone in person aren't really intimate, so if the phone call is "hey let's meet" and making arrangements, relay wouldn't be THAT weird...although some people are so...