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#Deaf ppl do NOT beat around the bush that is like the height of rudeness to them. u say what u mean goshdangit. do not waste their time.
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I love learning ASL it’s so good. Makes me happy to learn it. I’m so glad my university has classes for it with professors actually steeped in Deaf culture.
#blue chatter
#am I good at ASL? hahahahahahaha. no.
#ASL and English grammar are incredibly different and even when I remember my vocab I am easily clockable as hearing
#but I do have some language capacity now. enough to communicate the basics.
#and I just. genuinely really enjoy it. it’s fun to learn and engaging in a way most of my classes just aren’t.
#and I can. yanno. communicate respectfully w Deaf ppl. and learn about their culture
#which is incredibly important given that I want to go into a field where there is a higher incidence than typical of Deaf people
#autistic? you’re more likely to be Deaf!
#not to mention the fact that sign language can sometimes be a useful alternative to speech for nonspeaking/nonverbal people
#depending on the person obvi; some nonspeaking/nonverbal autistics cannot use sign language and that’s okay
#but surely at some point I will encounter either a Deaf client or a nonspeaking/nonverbal client who uses ASL
#and when that time comes I should have some idea of how to communicate with them
#I also rly like the Deaf church by my parents’ house
#their community is really welcoming and their services are really interesting
#I think it’s rly cool how they take intentions directly from the congregation
#they’ll raise their hands and then sign what their intention is from their pew to the ambo
#which is rly neat
#it is funny bc every time I go the Deaf ppl I talk to will tell each other ‘go slow she’s hearing’
#which is ENTIRELY fair bc. I am hearing. and I do need them to go slower.
#but it also makes me laugh bc truly everyone knows within a few minutes.
#oh hey the new person? they’re hearing. yeah they’re learning ASL at college. sign slowly for her.
#which again makes sense bc a big Deaf culture thing is keeping ppl informed. it’s not gossip it’s getting everyone on the same page.
#Deaf ppl do NOT beat around the bush that is like the height of rudeness to them. u say what u mean goshdangit. do not waste their time.
#which I appreciate the heck out of bc i don’t have to try and phrase things delicately or w/e
#it was also funny bc my mom came w me while I was home for Christmas and they asked her if I was her kid
#and she said yes. and the lady running the kid’s craft corner thing was like ‘great you’re doing a craft now’
#and I’m sitting there. visibly over 18 years old. amongst several seven year olds. trying desperately to figure out how to say hot glue gun
#I made a v pretty pinecone tree it was a lot of fun ^-^
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