silentius on Nostr: This is my first time seeing npub1e063c…hskch's account and I LOVE IT! I grew up in ...
This is my first time seeing npub1e063chr7ypuqwsrxaq0q0h8gdghdvxm6l0u9pwga4vyfysram3ksrhskch (npub1e06…skch)'s account and I LOVE IT!
I grew up in mainstream education with severe-to-profound hearing loss and currently wear hearing aids since the age of 2. My community had very little to no ASL integration so my family felt it was best for me to learn listening & spoken language so I wouldn’t feel isolated.
Though I understand cases like that tend to lead towards negative experiences for those who are deaf & hard-of-hearing at a young age being forced to learn a language whilst in a disadvantaged circumstance.
In my case, I was surprisingly proficient at it due to my ability to read lips well. Therefore, my need to learn ASL was push to the back-burner and I never got to absorb the language. Today I’m slowly integrating ASL into my daily driver and this is a great addition to my ASL learning toolbox 🥹 🤟🏻
If you got this far reading my story, thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
I grew up in mainstream education with severe-to-profound hearing loss and currently wear hearing aids since the age of 2. My community had very little to no ASL integration so my family felt it was best for me to learn listening & spoken language so I wouldn’t feel isolated.
Though I understand cases like that tend to lead towards negative experiences for those who are deaf & hard-of-hearing at a young age being forced to learn a language whilst in a disadvantaged circumstance.
In my case, I was surprisingly proficient at it due to my ability to read lips well. Therefore, my need to learn ASL was push to the back-burner and I never got to absorb the language. Today I’m slowly integrating ASL into my daily driver and this is a great addition to my ASL learning toolbox 🥹 🤟🏻
If you got this far reading my story, thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.