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Brief from the diversity workshop

Last conference weekend I attended to.  The workshop was talk about the diversity of deaf culture and what the face they has viewed of.   I watched all 5 panels sit where their details of their background like disability of Usher Syndrome, Italian,  Jew, Gay,  Elder and late Deafness individuals given speak of their experience of face in the world.

That is good opportunity for me to write on next book. This is briefly of what we discuss about.   That workshop is good education for any interpreters and teachers…..possible good for advocate  in the future.

Something is interesting is their theory of their experiences of their different culture that many people not realized that we are the same face but background has different story to tell.   For example, one person who is late deaf, he is also gay.  His gay is not the point but his point is late deaf in his life.   He felt that he is deaf when he was kid due to his tumor attack in ears that possible deaf.   He is hearing almost all of his life but when he get older in high school, his ears attack become worse.   The doctor told him possible to have surgery to removed or damage nerves to be full deaf.   His first choice to removed so he did.  Guess what, he is full deaf after surgery…of course, he upset for while because he used to be hearing same time he is happy to be deaf.

One person has US and deaf.  He admitted he ignore his US because he was embarrassed about his sighting within his deafness.   He not realized his US when he is in 20s.  His mother noticed him when he was about 10 yr old but he did not pay attention till later on.   He has limits of sighting but he can DRIVE during the daytime. 

I forget to add to this, deaf guy just told everybody that sex is sort of insult for LGBT is because of the gender identify.   Correction is sex/gender instead of sex because sex mean sex organism.

Deaf people has a lot of story to tell from their background, nothing can be compare the same, but Deaf.

– Deafwriter

My Language?

Few times, I was asked to see if I am from other country or what is the language I am using?  At first, let me ask.   When baby born and parents speak the first language to their baby.  The baby learn and speaks the first language before know second langauge when grow up? 

I was born and know the English language before Sign Language.   Okay, lets go back.  My parents not know I will be deaf or what I could be in the future or short.  They never learned by anyone teach them about sign language.   They teached me the English before start on signs at 3 or 5 years old.  I understand the English very perfect and sign language too.  Now run forward to now, I had gaps with my language that which I been misses some from my past.  My parents not want me to blame on language I am using on signs and English.

You might seen of your friends or families have few language that speaks different.   Their accents are different by its languages,  sign language?   Sign Language is also foreign language same as other second language.    English can be foreign because of oversea country learn our language, right?

I am survived to learn my language !
– DWSHANDSPEAK

Deaf Language

I was told by my teacher from my classroom that, I should have make sentences in the right english language.  I was figure it out because sometimes, I ended up sloppy english language ine one day.   Other day, I was straight and in other, another day I would be out of my mind like throw my language that you never seen at ever!   That sound bad, so I better watch out that I am saying because I am deaf and not in english language.

I was think what I been done since I grad my high school in best english language ever I had.  What is happening to my language?  All are gone and my deaf language take over English!  I did had chance talk with hearing workers and my language hanging better.   When I am not around with hearing people and my language become deaf again.  Something interesting?  Practice to be perfect or not.  I better get back to my class and take my time to fix the language it should be for graded.

Everything make issues

Many things come to me and I did not add to here.  I cant choice one of those issues.   This issue would be make by today!   I have met the issue about hispanic kids attend without knowing english language.   Oh my!  My primary language is english but my parents actually said sign language!    I never think of that language till I look over my past.   It is kind of uses home language is first language!   Second language is signing and english is merges to it.  Maybe.   Alot of emotion is toward hurger for the world to make everyone communication.   One language spreading into multi-languages!   I never know there is one or more than one language in B.C.   We have to learn any language, right?   You have knowledge about their culture and language.    If you wish your language keep then save it!