Still Deaf!

ASL and CI together again!

I was very pleased to see this video for the first time. It was very worrisome to many people when Cochlear Implants first became widely used. There is always a fear that ASL will be rejected by parents and that Spoken English will be forced upon deaf children. This video shows that once Deaf, always Deaf. It also demonstrates that many parents will still teach ASL to their implanted child. I am so pleased to see all these children with CIs using ASL and loving it! Signed Languages are the ONLY natural languages for the deaf. CIs can be used as aids in the hearing world, but it will never replace ASL.

A Humorous Coming Out Story in BSL

This is pretty funny. It’s also very interesting if you’re interested in other sign languages of the world besides ASL. It’s fun to recognize iconic signs and also to see how BSL has some seemingly really strange arbitrary signs, when you’re used to ASL.

Extreme Blog Guilt

I’ve been gone for so long I’m embarrassed about it! How could I let this happen?!

Well, I’m sure I’ve been missing a lot of news in the Deaf World. My husband and I did spend a month in Arizona and when we returned I got a second job teaching ASL!

Now that you all know I’m a Sign Language teacher, I’m even more intimidated about posting my first VLOG! – which I’ve been wanting to do for a long time.

Oh, well. I’ll just have to bite the bullet and do it.

Now, someday it’s going to come out that I’m not certified by the American Sign Language Teachers Association, nor do I have K-12 certification. How is it possible that I teach ASL then? I teach for a Charter School that supplements Home Schoolers’ programs. However, I am trained in the ethics of being a Sign Language teacher through my Interpreter Training Program and I also hold a Master’s Degree in Linguistics, so I’m fully qualified to teach at the level I am currently teaching. Furthermore, I’m improving every day now that I spend all my time thinking about how to teach concepts in ASL!

All in all, this has been a truly happy event in my life that will connect me more with the Deaf World and with my passion for Sign Language. I have also met a new friend here in Colorado who has several close Deaf friends and will take me to some local events in the future.

In other news, I’m trying to think of a new name for this blog! (For now) I’m no longer aspiring to be an interpreter. I simply want to continue learning and teaching ASL and socializing with Deaf people.

So…We’ll see what I can come up with in the days to come!