Spikey Mama
My husband has two cousins who are Profoundly Deaf. They have been since they were born. (I felt the need to add they are brother and sister) I've been learning ASL since about a year before I got married. I am amazed at the things they notice though. They are 10 and 13. When I got pregnant, I went to tell them and the girl looked at me and tells me you're going to have a baby. I don't know alot about the Deaf community though. They deaf school around here was too far for them to be home every day, so they go to public school with interpretors. I do have a question though. How hard is it when you are writing or typing to not write in ASL? That may not have been the best wording, I hope the way I asked didn't offend you.
I am very glad you ask me.
i grew up go to public school with an Interpreter as well. Learning English was challenge because Interpreter did not use those small words which why most of their Grammars is really bad. Best way to learn english is read books.
Write down ASL is like this.
store us go. (Want to go to the store with us?)
candy you want (Would you like some candy?)
out here now (Get out of here now!)
5 late. (You are five minutes late!)
Do you see any different between ASL and English?
That why many Deaf people who have low or no education have hard time understanding people who use English very well. I have a good friend who had a very bad education and she never understood my English which I, everytime have to use webcam to use ASL so she can understand me fully. annoying but no choice since we are good friends.
Fact: Most Deaf people HATES reading because the books they read confuses them with all those details and they like to "listen" stories in ASL so they can get the idea what it is about.
I was not like those because I grew up with a oldest sister whom is also Deaf and our mother use Exact English Sign which we sign every single of a word, and made us fall in love with reading books which my English is pretty good but Grammar is my weakness. haha.
Hope it answers your question. :]