Deaf Tournaments

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Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Me, too. Well, at least, I use to. Unfortunately, never get the opportunity to practice and have lost most of it.

A few years ago, I used to work for one of the local universities doing their tech support. Three of my supported departments were the ROTC detachments: Army, Navy and Air Force. One of the civilian employees was deaf (not HH). She would get so tickled when I would converse with her in ASL.

I think it's great when we take these small steps to "bridge the gap." It's so easy for hearing people to marginalize the deaf and hard of hearing, and ASL is such an easy, fun language to learn. When it comes down to it, it's nothing more than a language barrier, one that's easy to get past.