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Hello, dear members of this community! We're a group of passionate students from Politecnico di Milano on an incredible journey to make the world a better place, one sign at a time! We believe that deaf and hard-of-hearing people have unique perspectives, strengths, and needs that deserve to...

Hello, I need advice regarding a person “teaching” ASL. Studying ASL in college, I told my relative who is on the school board that my old high school should have an ASL class for a second language. My relative brought it up at the school board meeting and everyone agreed. One of the audience...

Hello everyone, starting this thread i just wanted to say that I AM NOT DEAF/HARD OF HEARING, but my current girlfriend is, i want to make our relationship as normal as it can be between two people, but also get as much info on certain topic as possible and there is not better place than here I...

Hello, I am an SLP student. For my course in sign language I am doing a seminar on life of Ferdinand Berthier, French educator and political organizator. I would really appreciate it if anyone sent me pdf versions of books with his biography. I do not speak French and have trouble with finding...

Hi! Can someone see If I glossed these right? Please correct me if I didn't, thanks! 1. English:He'll crawl in, make himself comfortable and fluff the pillow a few times. 1. ASL: COMFORTABLE HIMSELF HE WILL MAKE, FEW TIME PILLOW HE WILL FLUFF. 2. English:You'll have to fix up a little box for...

Hi Guys, my name is Oriana E. Montes, I am a hard-of-hearing person, also I am a student at Community College Baltimore County, there I am taking Introduction to Deaf Culture, as part of our final project I need to have an interview with a deaf person. If someone would like to help me with this...

Hi Guys, my name is Oriana E. Montes, I am a hard-of-hearing person, also I am a student at Community College Baltimore County, there I am taking Introduction to Deaf Culture, as part of our final project I need to have an interview with a deaf person. If someone would like to help me with this...

Hi Guys, my name is Oriana E. Montes, I am a hard-of-hearing person, also I am a student at Community College Baltimore County, there I am taking Introduction to Deaf Culture, as part of our final project I need to have an interview with a deaf person. If someone would like to help me with this...

Hello! My Name is Noam (female), and I am a college student going into my second year now. I am currently in a joint course with students from a different college, that is all about innovation. As part of this course, we are required, in groups, to come up with an innovative idea to sell locally...

I was wondering if anyone could gloss or even film them doing it to help me out it is a final in my class, And we have to preform in front of the class. Thank you! Old man knocked on my front door With my teenage boy and a couple more from up the road He had him by the collar Said he caught him...

I have been speaking asl for the past 3 years, and I’m unsure as to a few sign name rules. I’ve been hard of hearing my whole life, and so has my father. I’m not deaf, but I’m also not hearing; I never really know what culture allowed to identify with. So I’m unsure what cultural things I can...

I had tinnitus since i was a little girl but i only ever noticed it in absolute silence like when i was laying in bed and never knew what to make of it. By my early teens it started disrupting my sleep. No i am 20 and need sound constantly or the tinnitus completely envolpes everything and its...

Hi, I am doing a paper in my Global Feminisms class about feminism issues and/or discrimination issues. None of my books or online readings address other-abled people. I am hearing but learning ASL and run a Meet-Up group in my area for ASL. Our group includes a deaf man, who has become a...

Hello everyone, I'm an ASL 1 student. For my class I need to write a research paper on hearing dogs. For this assignment I need an interview, and it would be amazing if I could get some of your opinions the topic. Here are some questions, but if you have any other thoughts on it, please tell me...

Hello! I'm a student in my first ASL class. I was given a research assignment and chose the topic of hearing dogs/service dogs. I was wondering if anyone here had any information or any opinions on hearing dogs. It would be very helpful!

Hey, so I was not to sure whether to put this in the relationship thread or lgbt thread but, here I am. As most of you know by now I'm transgender ftm. Well the guy I'm with is very kind but if I come out to him that'll be it of our relationship. He says I can't be trans because of his...

So I'm HoH and I grew up thinking it was normal to have what my ENT calls chronic ear disease, but I learned that not every deaf/HoH person has it and not every person with chronic ear disease is deaf/HoH. I was wondering if anyone else was dealing with both and how they handle it and if there's...

Hi, I'm Melanie. I am a 19 year old hearing girl who is learning ASL in college. I am very new, but very excited to keep learning. I'd love some practice pals, hearing or Deaf, and appreciate any help. Feel free to contact me to practice. (Glide: mmills89 ; Skype: message me)

I am HoH. The little I can hear is very distorted so I usually make use of lip reading but lip reading can be hard bc it's more like feeling in the blanks and making an educated guess to what they might be saying. The distoration does not get better even when louder. ENT said they will not help...

Dear, I am a PhD student at the University of Strathclyde. I am studying the role of Minecraft or Autcraft in education. I am trying to find how Minecraft can be used to help children engage, learn socially and playfully, and to become a part of a community. I am interested in how this could be...