On being stuck in a hearing world..

[hypomanic_poet]

It kinda frustrates me sometimes. I was four when I lost a good chunk of my hearing, and I could already speak and read fairly well, thanks to my mother relentlessly teaching me with flashcards. I wish I had been taught ASL from an early age...I feel like I'm straddling two worlds-the d/Deaf & the hearing world. I sound like a hearing person, but I

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[medicalfairy]

Everyone makes an ass of themselves. EVERYONE. So what?
It takes a lot of time being bad at ASL before you can be good at ASL. No one is born knowing this stuff, and there might be other people who learned ASL later in life and are sympathetic.

basically, you need to rock the mall. rock it til it hurts so good XD

[hypomanic_poet]

"basically, you need to rock the mall. rock it til it hurts so good XD"

That's like the most epic quote EVER haha. Thanks. <3

I know. It's just that when someone is bad at ASL, they're really slow and others start losing their patience...I don't want that to happen to me. But I GOTTA try it and get over this stupid nervousness, otherwise I'll keep feeling like this forever.

[medicalfairy]

Just being around people using ASL will really help, too. You don't always have to chime in - just watch people signing to each other!

[hypomanic_poet]

I try. Sometimes they go too fast for me. I can only get the gist of what's being said, usually. I'm better at signing in ASL than I am at UNDERSTANDING what's being said to me in ASL. >.

[hypomanic_poet]

I think.