Recent content by knofskia

I may be wrong, but it sounds like some people are confusing the word disabled with the word dependent. The word disabled means having a lack of an ability. Since the human body has the equipment to enable the ability to hear, when you find someone who can't hear, it is understandable to view...

You should see a concert of "Sweet Honey in the Rock". They have some pretty good songs and an ASL interpreter who demonstrates the beauty of music in sign language.

There's a Silent Lunch in the Food Court at Wheaton Mall in Silver Spring, MD every other Saturday. The next one is next week, March 3rd.

Welcome Tony, I am a University of Michigan alumnus. I learned about Deaf Culture and ASL at U of M. Is Paula Berwanger still teaching? Angela

Most of us have been excluded by others, so we don't want to exclude each other. Welcome to AllDeaf!

My sister was born with mild to moderate hearing loss which progressively worsened over the years. She is now severely to profoundly deaf. Growing up, she was given hearing aids and some speech therapy; no ASL. She had to needlessly struggle to learn language but managed to learn how to speak...

Hi Shanita, Welcome to AllDeaf! Can you tell us more about yourself? Are you deaf, hard of hearing, or hearing? Do you know someone who is deaf/hoh? What got you interested in deaf culture? Thanks! knofskia

Is it possible that the family has a hereditary gene that predisposed them to lose their hearing as a rare side effect to a vaccination? Basically, a specific combination of genetics and vaccination.

Growing up, the ultimate test used for deciding whether or not I could hear was based on how well I did in school; if I was doing well, I must be able to hear the teachers' lectures and instructions, right? The truth is I never could follow enough of what the teacher was saying to learn...

Hi all! My name is Angela. I have an auditory processing disorder and moderate hearing loss. My twin sister is DeafRaptor and she is deaf. Growing up, we were mainstreamed; it wasn't until college that we learned about American Sign Language/Deaf Culture. At that point, I was still...