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How do you sign double letters (Like pizza or Halloween) when fingerspelling? I've heard that you just sign it once but I don't know if that's a universal rule or not.

You don’t just sign it once, but this video explains it a lot better than I can!

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I just got a car and started driving again so I was thinking about some safety things for D/deaf/HoH drivers. One huge concern is the possibility of being pulled over and encountering the police.

I have a magnet similar to this on my car in case of that situation

I also keep a notepad and pen in my glove box with my insurance card and registration. I keep everything is in one place so I won’t have to reach around and look like i’m searching for “something”

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I also found this article with more information—

https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2016/deaf-driver-safety-police-kb.html

Too many deaf folks have been killed by police, already. Stay safe!

(Hearing people are encouraged to reblog)

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Brain: say the thing

Mouth: *does nothing*

Brain: say the thing!

Mouth: *does nothing*

*cycle repeats for 10 minutes*

Mouth: *says the thing*

Brain: was that so hard?!

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Nonverbal Autistic Child cards

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You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts; And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime. And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words may indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly. There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone. The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape. And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand. And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words. In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence. When you meet your friend on the roadside or in the market place, let the spirit in you move your lips and direct your tongue. Let the voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear; For his soul will keep the truth of your heart as the taste of the wine is remembered When the colour is forgotten and the vessel is no more.

Kahlil Gibran (The Prophet)

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annoying boy: Can I ask you something?

girl minding her own business: You mean ask me something else?...

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James 1:19

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Becoming an Active Listener

Pay Attention. Give the speaker your undivided attention, and acknowledge the message. ...

Show That You're Listening. Use your own body language and gestures to show that you are engaged. ...

Provide Feedback. ...

Defer Judgment. ...

Respond Appropriately

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The Inside-Out approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self -- with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves recedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.

Stephen Covey

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Matt: You’re not actually going to do that, are you? Frank: Not to worry, I have a permit. *Frank hands brail note to Matt* Matt: …This just says ‘I can do what I want.’