Recent content by cadavis740

If you are only fluent in written English then you ARE NOT on the same level of English aa someone with hearing who fluently speaks, hears and reads it. That's why fluency means-you can understand and fully communicate in all aspects of the language

By "his level" I meant his communication level. He won't be on equal ground for english, but he will be excellent at ASL and I want to be able to communicate at his level of fluency

Thank you everyone for your wonderful comments! I think I understand their reactions a bit more now

I recently began learning ASL because my baby brother was born deaf and I want to be able to interact with him on his level and encourage him to embrace himself, but whenever I bring up that I'm learning ASL to a deaf person they seem to get angry at me and act as if I shouldn't even dare try to...