But, at the same time, jillio, there's no one concensus (sp?) in the deaf/hoh communities. For example, I've got a severe hearing loss and know a little asl. I also am very oral, but yet, the deaf people in my community (note I didn't say "deaf community"?) don't want to have anything to do with me or my hearing dog. The reason is because I'm too oral. Well, excuse me, but from what I've been told by a friend here in town that lives in D.C., (she's also hoh), she has to order her deaf friends' food when they go out to eat. I told her not to, as did her own mother.
