I have a totally deaf student in my class that doesn’t know any ASL. Her parents do not want her in the local deaf and blind school because they think that she will be set apart from her peers. They also said they didn’t like the “vibes” of the school environment when they visited. So now she’s in my classroom.

The problem is that they’ve been attempting to home school this child while also learning ASL as parents, but they’re so absolutely incompetent that they’ve learned some sort of jibberish ASL and they’ve taught it to her. I know this sounds made up, it’s not. So now, not only does this kid not know how to speak, write, read, or communicate in ASL, she knows a FAKE language that her idiot parents taught her. Usually I understand that parents are trying their best, but these two are putting their already disadvantaged kid at an even further disadvantage.

She has an ASL interpreter in my room who just waves her hands at the poor girl all day, and the kid doesn’t understand a word of what anyone says to her. The interpreter is not allowed to teach the girl ASL, she’s only allowed to interpret. She does have a cochlear implant, but she still doesn’t understand me.

I want to implement an ASL program for her to do while the other students do reading time, but I don’t speak ASL and I have no idea what programs are available that can be student-led. She doesn’t have a para and I have a class full of 30 other high needs kids as well. I have iPads and computers available. Does anyone know of a program like this for kids?

Any advice??? I’m desperate not to fail this girl like all of the other adults in her past have done.

I thought it's finger spelling, and tried to interpret it, but I got 'snqaqsd'??

They will be aired on Disney+ on April 27th, 2026. Here are three short clips from Moana, Frozen, and Encanto. The power of ASL is just beautiful. Enjoy!

I was at my friends and said something to a man. He said, “Huh?” I repeated myself. He smiled and turned his back. I said, “I hope you have a wonderful day!” And he didn’t respond. I thought, “maybe he’s deaf?” He turned back around and I signed, “Are you deaf?” When I say this man’s face lit up, you have no idea. He said, “Yes! How did you know?” I signed and spoke that I gave him well wishes and he didn’t respond. Like he didn’t hear me. He informed me he can read lips and knows ASL.

My son was born hearing impaired. His hearing was corrected at 2. But, we started ASL with him about 6 months old, so I know a lot of ASL, but not fluid, like to have a detailed conversation.

Today, I was sitting in my car and the man walked by. He just happened to glance at me. I signed, “Hello! How are you?” He smiled, signed he’s doing great. I gave a thumbs up!

I am a FIRM believer in speaking (or signing) in one’s language, even just a hello, helps them feel welcome. I hope he feels welcome by me.

Unfortunately I haven’t had the chance to see the movie, but I’m curious to know what’s being communicated.

Its a really old video I had for years, I don't even remember where I found it. Thanks in advance! ^{.^}

https://www.engadget.com/entertainment/streaming/sinners-will-hit-max-with-a-version-translated-into-black-american-sign-language-200216402.html?src=rss

If you give her the correct order she signs “THANK-YOU” 🥹

You can also ask for a hint, and she will write down her order for you.

so close yet so far 😭

So I'm a uni student, learning asl. Been learning for about a year now, going well! Started going to asl socials last semester and it's a nice way to learn, though very daunting at first.

Last month I met a girl at one of these that's deaf, and we started talking. Turns out she goes to my university too, which was cool! She's super cute and I was super nervous, but we ended up exchanging numbers, and talk a lot.

Last week I decided to ask her out while we were grabbing lunch at the cafeteria. I asked if she wanted to date and she got... Really upset? She looked mad and sad at the same time and just left, and wouldn't answer my texts. Next time I had class, I asked my professor if I signed everything right, turns out I asked her if she wanted to fuck, not date. I'm an idiot.

Hey y'all! I didn't expect that last post to explode so much, that was unexpected. Wanted to thank everyone that gave advice, or stories! Both made me feel better, even if I didn't get to reply to you :)

There were also some less nice people in my DMs that were being kinda creepy, so I'll clarify that yes, me and her are both women (though, the people in my DMs would probably call us females.) okay, onto the update!

So I texted her shortly after posting my post, explaining the mistake. Apparently what went wrong is that after I signed fuck, she signed it back to clarify, and I said yes. She said she forgives me (because I'm cute, yessss!), but to not solicit her in the future, to which I said I'll do my best. I asked her out for coffee this weekend, and made sure to point out that I'm asking over text so I don't mess up that sign too. She said yes, so we have our first official date this weekend! I'm super excited :)

Also, after that we kept texting, and talking about if we drink. Neither of us do, so I joked that I don't have to worry about messing up the sign for alcohol either. That netted me four 🤣 emojis. A pretty good sign, if you ask me.

just thought I’d share it

Roommate switches for school just happened and....yeah. we've being just texting back and forth for everything but that's pretty income for every single small thing. Any ideas??

They can hear pretty loud stuff like top notch yelling but I can't be yellin during quiet hours.

EDIT: Thanks for the advice and pointing out how the 26th is too far away for a meeting considering safety (admittedly didn't cross my mind as a huge issue but good point). I'm going to talk to the senior RA about moving it up as we did use the online system to set up, not the front desk. And for those wondering how the housing match system did this: My school just got dorms on campus as of Spring 2022 so I'm guessing this is a k!nk that is going to be fixed pretty soon in the match up system.

I also find it hilarious that the movie recommendation from 1989 doesn't have Audio Description. (About 11-14 years after I was born so I'm not surprised I wasn't aware of it until now lol)

From a Deaf person, this sub Reddit is so offensive in so many ways. The hearing people on this sub who borderline fetishize ASL and Deaf people, constantly feel entitled to sign names, the way you all ask people to do your homework for you, the way you know nothing about Deaf culture or history or etiquette, the way you all will downvote Deaf voices because you don’t like the answer and it doesn’t align with what you want. For so many people who want to learn or are trying to learn ASL- I really hope you do better So many posts here genuinely dishearten me or make me feel even more that hearing people don’t actually care about us at all.

• Your local Deaf native ASL user and ASL professor worried about the future of their student body

After watching CODA, I looked it up to see if the actors were actually Deaf, and I found out they were (we love a good representation😻) but the lead actress wasn’t actually a CODA and learned ASL for this role. She trained for 9 months. I was pretty impressed by how smooth her signing was for someone who didn’t know any ASL prior to training, but I’m new to this and probably not the best judge. So how good is she really?

I really did my research on the sign language in this animation. I even gave fingers to him ! How did I do ?