http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6605405Oh my.
The cross-eyed Iowa primitive, who now lives in Denver, and so shellfishly won't share his quarters with the homeless bobbling primitive; in case anyone missed it, the cross-eyed Iowa primitive a couple of weeks ago posted a photograph of himself, and he's a pretty hefty, mean-looking, thinning hair guy. Near-sighted too.
Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Tue Sep-22-09 12:17 PM
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September is Deaf Awareness Month! What are you doing to make yourself aware about the deaf world?
I'm David, and I'll be your deaf guide for the day.
I was diagnosed with enlarged endolymphatic sacs when I was 18 months old, had surgery at 3, and have been wearing hearing aids all my life - I have been progressively losing my hearing, and even the most powerful hearing aids doesn't always work. I finally learned and became fluent in ASL (American Sign Language) when I was 17, and married a beautiful deaf woman, and have a hearing child, who is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults).
after which links to all sorts of deaf sites
LynzM (1000+ posts) Tue Sep-22-09 12:44 PM
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6. Heya dude 
My best friend in middle school was deaf, so I learned quite a bit of ASL from her. I've since forgotten a lot of it, though
Can I ask, is having the internet as a means of communication as huge a boon to the deaf community as this hearing person (maybe naively?) thinks it would be?
franksolich is better qualified to answer that than some fat ex-con primitive, because the cross-eyed Iowa primitive is a half-breed, merely hard-of hearing, while franksolich is full-blooded deaf.
Yes.
Hawkeye-X (1000+ posts) Tue Sep-22-09 01:02 PM
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7. Of course!
Internet in general has been a MAJOR MAJOR help with the deaf community. Instant Messaging, emails, videophones, Facebook, Myspace, has been a great way to communicate and connect with the other deaf people. I've got like about 300 deaf friends on my FB account
The funky elf primitive, who obviously comes from an affluent background, posts an interesting autobiography, but never mind; to some extent, if one knows franksolich, one knows the funky elf primitive.
Spacemom (1000+ posts) Wed Sep-23-09 06:41 AM
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12. I have a question
I know a girl who is deaf. She's part of my extended family. She's been deaf from birth and doesn't speak at all. She seems like such a sweet girl (She's about 20) and always has a smile on her face. It just seems like she's kind of isolated from everything going on around her. I would like to get to know her but don't know how. I've thought of just writing it out and giving her a note. Something along the lines of "I'd like to get to know you and be your friend, but I don't know how to bridge this communication gap. What can we do?"
Would something like that be corny or offensive?
No. Do it. At the very worst, it does no harm.
