I learned ASL when I was 25 years old and became fluent in it around 28 years old. I use it about 90% of the time and all of my friends are signers. The only time I use spoken language is when I visit my inlaws, my family in AZ or with my hubby's hearing friends.
Yea, my dad has always wanted to learn ASL and he also stated that when my deafness was first diagnosed, he felt it was his and my mom's responsibility to learn ASL for us but the doctors and audis got to my mom first, unfortunately.
I dont know if my dad will learn now cuz he wont have much opportunities to use ASL much and it is hard to remember the signs if u dont use the language much. I live 3,000 miles away and my brother doesnt visit him much. I will have to talk with my brother cuz my dad admitted that he wants my brother to come over more often. I still havent told my brother what I recently found out...I will so hopefully, that will change his views of our dad.
Thanks!
