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Thanks for all of the coments. What I really need is someone from the deaf community in my area to do this with me. That has become the hard part. i have contacted the Maine Center on Deafness. Still waiting for a call back. Hopefully they can help. Also try Baxter School for the Deaf.

Last week we had a deaf person come to church. I am hearing and know enough ASL to get in trouble. However this deaf person expressed his desire to attend a church but he cannot find one that has CART. So after looking into it it seems there is a great need. in an attempt to start a pilot...

How about these unwanted guests This me pulling a behive from someones bedroom wall

Maine Brrrrrr

She is 6. At this point I do not think we are fluent enough to comunicate effectively. It would be a good 6 months before she would be placed. I guess if it were to work out we would step up our ASL learning. She is fluent with ASL.

yes I am near Gov. Baxter School. I have actually contacted them for volunteering. This is one way to help become fluent. My entire family is learning ASL so hopefully that will help. Whats hard is my spelling is horrible. I never did very well in school. There is no ASL spell checker...

My wife and I are soon to be licensed foster/adoptive parents. We have two boys 7, and 11. Today I was browsing the children up for adoption. This little girl caught my eye. So I am asking for opinions. Should a hearing family adopt a deaf child? All of the state children are hard to...

B_I_B_L_E. It made me who I am today.

I like farming for many reasons. I got started with farming because I was :barf: disgusted with the quality of meat at the supermarkets. I raise pigs, Chickens for eggs, and chicken for meat as well as Honey Bees. It has been good for my boys as well. Currently I am trying to hatch eggs with...

My name is Jerry I live in Maine. My family (my wife and two boys 7, and 11) are currently learning ASL. We think it is such a lovely language. Poetic even. I have found this site to be very informative. Unlike most forums, I have not seen any bashing and that is very good. I look foward...

2kids1hoh Seeing how you are wanting to learn ASL can I recomend a great resource? My family and I are in the process of learnig ASL. I purchased a video series called "Say it With Sign". It is wonderfull. They even touch on teaching you how to comunicate with your infant. It is 40...

I think multitasking could have something to do with it. I know as a hearie if I were in line talking I would most likely either be people watching or looking at products on the counter. Either way I must be rude in doing so. I should be giving full attention to the person talking to me.