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jinyu
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Thursday. 8.29.13 2:54 pm
I've been learning a bit of sign language. I've had a lot of people in my life who were hard of hearing in my lifetime. I learned a little bit in elementary school and in middle school, but you have to understand that when you are talking to HH people, there's not much need. Well, fast-forward to the future: I am in library school, working at a library and I get my first deaf patron.

Why I am good for people who can't hear me -

- I am INCREDIBLY expressive and become more so when I am trying to help people understand me.
- I do know that I should try harder to look you in the eye and annunciate my words when I am talking to someone who can't hear me as well. (I.E. I don't yell or talk reeeaaallly SLOOOOWLY!)

Why I am terrible for someone who can't hear me -

- When I get talking, I mash all my words together.
- I don't always remember to look at you when I'm talking to you.

So, it worked. She wrote me little notes and I felt embarrassed because I am hopelessly ill-equipped to speak to her in a language that would be a whole lot easier for her.

Then, we got a new patron. Much more complex questions, much more walking around... Long story short, I am TERRIBLE at walking backwards! I just was standing there thinking, "I have got to learn myself some freaking sign language or I am going to kill myself".

It's been pretty fun so far. I think I like learning about the cultural the best. I'm always worried about driving people crazy with the little things that I just don't get, so it's kind of nice to 'get it' a little more. Some videos:







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Unfortunately I have heard more negative things about the deaf community than positive ones... mainly that they tend to harshly judge people who choose to try to get cochlear implants etc. and can be kind of close minded. -.-
» randomjunk on 2013-08-29 07:51:40

Even if true, RJ, what makes them worse than people in general? I really doubt deaf people are on average worse than non-deaf people.
» le_battement on 2013-08-30 11:51:13

le_battement, I don't think they're worse than non-deaf people. Most of what I've heard was just from formerly deaf people who got harassed for leaving the deaf community and things like that.
» randomjunk on 2013-08-31 01:52:38

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