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

Fri Jan 11 02:00:25 UTC 2013

i finger spell when and if i have to. but i do better with words and fraises. i sign music in church, and sometimes i try to keep up with the lu tinant. 

NOTHING ABOUT US, WITHOUT US. AUTISTICS RULE 

On Jan 10, 2013, at 14:10, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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