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No. He has no deaf in his family. I read somewhere where he said something about he saw a hearie using ASL at a debate club (or something like that). So he learned ASL so they could chat without anyone else knowing what they were talking about. And he has enjoyed ASL ever since.

I don't know if this has been discussed before, if it has then a mod could simply delete this posting. Here's a link to a song on youtube which is being interpreted into ASL: YouTube - Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA - ASL Song I hope I got that right! :hmm: There is an option for...

The Iowa School for the Deaf gets a LOT of support from all Deaf - whether they attended ISD or were mainstreamed. During Iowa School for the Deaf's Homecoming, the school is overrun with hundreds of alumni. (Don't know if this is true for other Deaf schools.) Also, a good friend of mine who...

That doesn't even make sense. As for children, a lot of children and grandchildren think the same things as your daughter. Went to visit a friend and her grandson kept asking her something. When I told her that her grandson was repeatedly trying to talk to her, she signed to him that she's...

Do you have much difficulty reading text on your PCs? In the 1990s, I worked with a Blind computer programmer. We worked on a large IBM terminal and programmed with COBOL language. He would wear some headphones and place a device on the screen which would read the lines of code to him...

What a load of horsepoop. Nothing in my posting remotely suggested such. It asked if any others had very little issue with their hearing-loss and simply accepted the fact and moved on with very little of the grieving process.

Reba, Mind if I ask a couple of questions? When you say you use your computer for shopping, do you mean you shop via the internet? Or do you mean you use it to make shopping lists, organize household items, etc? For your invoicing and scheduling, which software package do you use?

Very wise words!

I remember several years ago it was announced by Disney they were going to do a movie about the "Deaf President Now" campaign at Gally. Wonder what ever happened to it.

I know this might be a rather stupid question, but what do you guys use your PCs for? I simply use it for surfing the Net, visit forums, getting my news, e-mail, and gaming. I'm sure a lot of ppl are doing all kinds of cool and nifty things the rest of us really hadn't even thought of. So I...

Nope, DougRN is totally off. My career path definitely required hearing - but if it it's not an option, its not an option. No need to gnash teeth and rent clothing over the inevitable. Life can be tough. But one deals with it and continues.

Yeah, right. Whatever, dude.

Am I the only person who had the attitude of "I really don't care too much" about my hearing loss? When I noticed my hearing was starting to get bad, I simply signed up for an ASL class and started to hang out with the Deaf. Best thing I ever did. :wave:

When I was in ASL classes many moons ago, my instructor was from a family in which he and his two sisters were Deaf. The instructor was known within the Deaf Community to be extremely skilled with ASL, that is, he was very skilled in story-telling. So guess what happens when his sisters come...

For Wendy's, I have seen the sign with W-handshapes starting at the top of the head and then arching downwards to form pigtails. Friends and I sign "skinny Pepsi" for diet Pepsi. We know there is a "new" sign for diet, but almost all the Deaf here simply fingerspell "diet". But a funny...

I seriously don't ever remember noticing if someone is left- or right-handed whenever someone signs.

I realize the Deaf Community could be divided into several subgroups - such as by generation, religion, race, etc. But the two common elements of all these subgroups is Deafness and Sign Language. Is there a separate Deaf Community which is strictly Oral without the use of Sign Language? Let...

Someone asked how a jury list is developed. It all depends upon the jurisdiction of the court. I do know that in my state, the following is allowed for jury selection: voter registration records and drivers' license records. Have heard in some jurisdictions, they use Property Tax records...

The sign I have seen for Targets: draw a circle with your finger and then dot the center with your finger. Sign for Walmart: Same sign as cheap but with the W-hand formation.

We would be a bit confused with that. If someone sign to me "Do you want a date" with just two d-handshapes touching one time, I would probably laugh and reply, "Well, we've already met!" :lol: