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Welcome! You're being badass-ly proactive, and I think that's awesome. A lot of respect coming from me on that.

Wait, extracurricular classes might not be covered? That's a step backward! I always had interpreters for extracurricular activities at all levels of my education to this point. I also fully expect to have the same level of access in my future education! I don't mean any offense, but that came...

Hey! Look, sole mates!!!!

They are, without question, in direct violation of the law. I would document every request and every denial. How much do you know about your rights in this kind of a situation?

ROFL

Hey Rupert, welcome to AD. My heart goes out to you. Losing something you've had all your liife is hard. I would feel the same way if I lost my ASL. I can't offer much, but just to let you know there is a thriving community with a lot of support for you. They've rebuilt entire lives around...

When I try to be as quiet as infinitely possible ... and then ... "YOU'RE SO LOUD! I HEARD YOU OVER THE JET ENGINE PARKED ON OUR FRONT LAWN!!!!"

Welcome Tom! :) LOL I love food fights too :naughty::naughty::naughty::naughty:

Congrats! :) 20 years is awesome! UPS must be a great company.

Deaf people are pretty adept with eye contact (and facial expressiveness and emotion and etc). Much more so than hearing people are. If you go this route, then my advice is to be sure it looks and feels natural to the client. The mental image that popped up in my head was that of lifelike 3D...

31 out of 93 national deaf organizations said that in their country Deaf people are not allowed to obtain a driver's license?!?! :mad2:

:dunno::dunno2:

I honestly wouldn't wouldn't be bothered if a terp was autistic. What matters at the end of the day for me is if the interpreter does the job well. If they do, great. I'm sold. :) I was going to write a longer response, but then realized that much of my thinking was based on stereotypes...

That's just like the US and Canada. Or at least it was. I don't know if it still is now.

Hey Elyza! welcome to AD ... this is a great place to chat with people about ASL and Deafness :) I think some folks here would be glad to help with teaching a bit! Have you also used http://www.lifeprint.com ?

@Calvin ROFLMAO I love the pic :)

Wow! I just learned that Coca-Cola would be green if they didn't add food coloring to it!

That's pretty funky. Does coffee do that to you too?

I think this is awesome. I wouldn't have come across this if Katlynn didn't bring it up.

Happy birthday!!!!!! :birthday::birthday::birthday::birthday::birthday: