[nabs-l] WAY COOL CLASS, JUST 1 QUICK QUESTION

[Kaiti Shelton]

Hi Lavonya,

Actually, I'm not exactly learning ASL.  The class I'm taking is a
sign-singing choir, so we sign to music.  This means we have to be
able to sign pretty quickly, so we use Pigeon, which is basically the
signs of ASL but without the finger spelling attached.  So we don't
have words with ing or er on the end, just the roots of words.  It's
kind of odd when you hear the translation spoken out loud, but it
works.

On 1/10/13, Lavonya Gardner <hotdancer1416 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Katy.
> I think it is so cool that u r taking sign language. I wish more blind
> people would take ASL. That way I could communicate with them. And even
> better, there is a great need for blind people who could work with deaf
> blind, autistic blind, and have really high paying jobs doing it. We need to
> be able to communicate just like everyone else. I can tell u that being
> blind and autistic, can be really interesting when dealing with any business
> situation. especially when u r dealing with people like RSA or dors. they r
> either told that i am blind, but not told of that i am autism, or, told that
> i am autistic but not told that i am blind. but both need to be addressed.
> or they have no clue how to communicate with me, as i do better with
> nonverbal language, such as writing, and even better sign language. though
> most blind people that i talk to, insist that they cannot learn ASL, because
> they can't see. and they insist that i "JUST TALK, SO THAT I CAN B HEARD."
> Well of course that doesn't work. So they give up on trying to get to no me.
> for something I cannot help. So thank u. u have no idea what this means to
> me, and those like me.
>
> NOTHING ABOUT US, WITHOUT US. AUTISTICS RULE
>
> On Jan 10, 2013, at 0:12, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lavonya,
>>
>> I have a little bit of vision out of one eye.  Enough to see basic
>> shapes and colors and stuff but nothing in great detail unless it's
>> pretty close to my face.  For learning signs I usually have another
>> student from the class who has volunteered to help me learn the signs
>> put my hands in the correct positions or verbally instruct me,
>> depending on how complex the sign is.
>>
>> Feel free to write me off-list!
>>
>> On 1/9/13, Lavonya Gardner <hotdancer1416 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> it is done at hearing speech agency. i will ask her if she can do that.
>>> she
>>> has worked with deaf blind. so how much vission do u have.
>>>
>>> NOTHING ABOUT US, WITHOUT US. AUTISTICS RULE
>>>
>>> On Jan 9, 2013, at 11:22, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Lavonya,
>>>>
>>>> I am starting my second semester of a sign-singing choir at my
>>>> college.  Not quite the same thing, but we learn pigeon,
>>>> (conversational sign language), and sign it to music to make choir
>>>> concerts accessible to the deaf.
>>>>
>>>> Would your disabilities office be able to blow up or enlarge your fant
>>>> or convert it to braille?  Or perhaps your professor could email you
>>>> copies and you can print them out with the fant settings that work
>>>> best for you.
>>>>
>>>> On 1/9/13, Lavonya Gardner <hotdancer1416 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> i started my sign language class last night. i am the only blind
>>>>> person,
>>>>> also the only autistic person. i do the signing very well. i can use
>>>>> my
>>>>> telescope to see the teacher, and the class as well as the teacher do
>>>>> let
>>>>> me
>>>>> feel tfheir hands. my problem is that i cannot read the parperwork.
>>>>> How
>>>>> do
>>>>> I deal with that. Just the reading. I am able to do the writin on my
>>>>> pad.
>>>>> So
>>>>> it is just the reading.
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Lavonnya
>>>>>
>>>>> NOTHING ABOUT US, WITHOUT US. AUTISTICS RULE
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>>>>
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>>>> Kaiti
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Kaiti