Famiza12
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Hello all,
My name is Famiza Yates and I joined alldeaf because I have a niece, Morgan, who was born profoundly deaf. She got cochlear implants when she was a baby and an extensive amount of speech therapy over her first several years. She is 8 years old now, attends a mainstream elementary school, and is very intelligent. She speaks very well and if her implants are not visible you cannot tell that she is deaf. Although she speaks English very well, sign language is her first language and she continues to sign today. Her mom, my sister-in-law Erin, started a MeetUp group in Chico, CA to practice signing. The group just just started and we will be having our third MeetUp on July 15th, 2010. The website to our group is North Valley ASL MeetUp (Chico, CA) - Meetup.com
and we meet twice a month. The group is growing fast and seems to be a success so far. Erin is an awesome advocate of the deaf and hard of hearing and very involved in the deaf community. She is Treasurer of the California Chapter of Hands and Voices. I am very interested in learning sign language because we as family members live close to each other and she is very proactive in maintaining signing with her children. Along with Morgan she also has a son, Dillon, who is not deaf but knows how to sign. I love to communicate with them in sign, however, I am just a beginner in learning ASL and have already learned a lot from the two MeetUp groups I've already attended. I practice ASL everyday and it is becoming easier, however, I have a long ways to go. For these reasons, it is a pleasure to become a member of alldeaf.com.
Famiza Yates
Email: famiza.yates@gmail.com
My name is Famiza Yates and I joined alldeaf because I have a niece, Morgan, who was born profoundly deaf. She got cochlear implants when she was a baby and an extensive amount of speech therapy over her first several years. She is 8 years old now, attends a mainstream elementary school, and is very intelligent. She speaks very well and if her implants are not visible you cannot tell that she is deaf. Although she speaks English very well, sign language is her first language and she continues to sign today. Her mom, my sister-in-law Erin, started a MeetUp group in Chico, CA to practice signing. The group just just started and we will be having our third MeetUp on July 15th, 2010. The website to our group is North Valley ASL MeetUp (Chico, CA) - Meetup.com
and we meet twice a month. The group is growing fast and seems to be a success so far. Erin is an awesome advocate of the deaf and hard of hearing and very involved in the deaf community. She is Treasurer of the California Chapter of Hands and Voices. I am very interested in learning sign language because we as family members live close to each other and she is very proactive in maintaining signing with her children. Along with Morgan she also has a son, Dillon, who is not deaf but knows how to sign. I love to communicate with them in sign, however, I am just a beginner in learning ASL and have already learned a lot from the two MeetUp groups I've already attended. I practice ASL everyday and it is becoming easier, however, I have a long ways to go. For these reasons, it is a pleasure to become a member of alldeaf.com.
Famiza Yates
Email: famiza.yates@gmail.com