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I'm a born-again Christian also, and have had hearing people from church tell me I must have sinned, because I'm deaf. Or, they tell me I'm sinning because I'm deaf and don't have enough faith to believe for my healing, so therefore, I live in doubt, and disbelief! HA!! You know what I've...

Hey Rebecca? That bit about when you lipread, guys think you want to kiss them made me laugh SO hard, I sprayed my drink everywhere! It happens to ME too! At CHURCH!!! Mind you, these guys ALL know I already have a husband and he's the ONLY one I'm interested in kissing. Now, if I meet a...

Ha ha! Nice to see some Aussie Deaf here! I'm slowly getting to know this place...takes a bit of time though, doesn't it? I just want to know, how do I ask the moderators about being able to post in a different section of this place? I had a look at it, and it said I can't post or reply, so...

Ha ha ha! I'm laugh about the "Deaf" and "Dead" comments!!! I remember many years ago, I was pregnant with my daughter, and I had to go to hospital for early check up. The doctor told me I had a heart murmer and left it to nurse to arrange follow-up care to moniter me throught the...

Thanks for the welcome....are the any other Deaf Australians here as well? Seems like there are mainly Americans and English from what I've seen. LOL!! All good! I only know the alphabet in ASL...I'd like to learn ASL one day....I'm still getting cramps whnever I do the ASL alphabet! LOL!

I'm guilty too!! Even though I am very good at lip reading (taught myself when I was 2 years old, apparently!), I get too tired at times trying to lip read and nodding politely when someone is yammering at me, and I'm falling asleep. So, what I tend to do, is to ask them to excuse me as I need...

Hi I'm a newbie...but I was reading through this topic, and though I'd add one of my own... I HATE it when well-meaning people at my church tell me I should "believe for my healing so that I can live my life to the fullest" and that "I must have sinned or my parents' must have sinned and...

Umm...hi there! I'm AuslanGirl...I'm a Deaf/oral chick from Melbourne in Victoria, Australia. I'm happily married to a hearing man, and we have 5 kids. The oldest is nearly 20, and our youngest is nearly 10. We have 4 boys and a girl. I'm the only one who can sign fluently though. My...