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  2. No I took a class at a school for the deaf near my home

    The teacher was born deaf

    I don’t anymore deaf except the friends I met at the school

    I just wanted to learn

  5. I learned ASL because my son has a speech delay. Neither of us is deaf, but it helps him communicate.

    I practice and I’m trying to become more proficient, but I’m not sure I could keep up in a conversation. I’ve been signing for 3 years now.

  6. I am now 15 years old. I was signing very fluently when I was 10. I went to school with deaf children although I am not. At first it was a little weird but I got comfortable with it within a few months.. it is a fun and useful thing to learn

  7. I know some ASL sign language. I learned it because I used to work with some autistic children, and many of them prefer to sign a lot because they find it emotionally draining to try to express their need in words. It helped a lot to be able to understand their signing and be able to sign back, not to mention teach them signs they can use when they feel distressed. Less headache all around, and also you earn “brownie points” with the kids by making them feel less different. I would really like to learn more ASL, as I find it very interesting.

  8. I can spell with sign language, and know a few words. No I wasn’t born deaf, and still am not. You can (at the very least) find sign language for the 26 letters we use by doing a google search for sign language.

    Well, I suppose the yahoo search would work too.

  9. I only know one phrase in sign language and that phrase is the universal middle finger.

  10. I’m not deaf, but in junior high we had many deaf students integrated into our school so I learned a lot, just talking to them and watching the interpreter. They were in choir as well and so we also learned all of our songs in sign language.

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