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Having had terrible experiences with the mental health system... I don't really find this funny.

Hi all, I apologize if this is a re-post. On June 25th, 2010, a Deaf man named Emomotimi Azorbo was arrested at a G20 protest here in Toronto. He was an observer, and not involved in the protest. He was walking across the street to buy a bottle of water and was told to stop by the...

Alicia would be talking about me... Yeah, I know a girl who uses them. She is rough on them and they hold up well so far! They are nice and small too and come in some pretty neat colours. She isn't really able to give me feedback on them, but I can say it was a massive fight to get her to...

I am with you on that. Now I have purple aids, with pink/blue swirl molds, and my aids always have rhinestones on them. I also have very short blonde hair that doesn't cover my aids at all.

speaking of bus stops - in Toronto our busses have a little screen that shows the next stop in text! It is fabulous!

I am one of the few who can lip read with very good accuracy without the support of sound. It just came naturally for me. It depends on the person, and the accent, and how well I know the person but with people who speak clearly I am quite good. However, ASL is still best for me!

Maybe the OP is gone since we hijacked the thread...but we are on the spectrum so we don't have social skills so we could argue that we are unaware of our hijacking.

OOh me too! Yay! ASD/Aspergers club! :dance2::applause:

As much as I complain about them, after 2 years of painful adjustment time I do like them...most of the time. Also, I am sure children who start with them early on would have a much better adjustment to them than adults. I think it would be like a CI...us adults are too used to hearing one way...

Communication preference in any situation can really differ. However, your role as an interpreter is to always MATCH the Deaf person. I they want you to sign PSE and mouth that is what you do, if they want you to sign ASL that is what you do, if they want you just to mouth that is what you do...