[nabs-l] Learning sign language

[Marissa Tejeda]

I=20want=20to=20make=20a=20video=20for=20a=20deaf=20friend=20I=20know,=20bu=
t=20she=20can't=20
show=20me,=20because=20she's=20not=20here=20with=20me.=20=20My=20VI=20aid=20=
knows=20some,=20
but=20we=20don't=20have=20much=20time=20to=20do=20anything.=20=20He's=20onl=
y=20with=20me=20in=20
math=20on=20Wednesdays=20and=20Fridays.=20=20I=20remember=20there=20was=20a=
=20video,=20
and=20they=20would=20tell=20how=20to=20position=20your=20hands,=20but=20I=20=
could=20never=20
find=20it=20again.


my=20friend=20showed=20me=20a=20little=20of=20what=20I=20know.=20=20(most=20=
alphabet,=20and=20
a=20few=20words).
We=20also=20have=20a=20deaf=20girl=20at=20our=20school,=20but=20her=20inter=
preter=20isn't=20
with=20her=20whenever=20I=20see=20her,=20(which=20isn't=20often).


=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Darian=20Smith=20<dsmithnfb at gmail.com
To:=20Marissa=20Tejeda=20<marissat789 at gmail.com>,National=20Association=20
of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2015=20Sep=202014=2011:19:27=20-0700
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Learning=20sign=20language

Hi=20Marissa,
=20unfortunately=20as=20far=20as=20I=20am=20aware=20there=20aren=92t=20reso=
urces=20=20one=20
would=20=20listen=20to.

=20As=20far=20as=20I=20can=20tell,learning=20sign=20is=20very=20difficult=20=
to=20do=20=20
unless=20you=20have=20actual=20hands-on=20experience=20=20=20=20learning=20=
it.
=20My=20friend=20taught=20me=20the=20little=20I=20know=20and=20it=20only=20=
would=20have=20
worked=20out=20as=20well=20as=20it=20had=20if=20they=20were=20showing=20me=
=20with=20their=20
hands=20how=20they=20did=20it.
=20=20If=20you=20know=20of=20someone=20who=20is=20deaf,=20deaf-blind=20or=20=
possibly=20an=20=20
interpreter=20=20that=20would=20be=20a=20good=20start.
=20that=92s=20just=20my=20thoughts.=20=20=20I=20am=20sure=20=20someone=20el=
se=20might=20have=20
better=20insight=20here.=20=20If=20it=92s=20something=20you=20really=20want=
=20to=20learn=20
keep=20=20digging=20until=20you=20find=20the=20answer.
=20Thanks,
=20=20Darian


On=20Sep=2015,=202014,=20at=2010:42=20AM,=20Marissa=20Tejeda=20via=20nabs-l=
=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>=20wrote:

=20Hi=20all,

=20So,=20this=20may=20sound=20odd,=20but=20I=20want=20to=20learn=20sign=20l=
anguage.=20=20Are=20
their=20any=20good=20resources=20that=20I=20can=20download,=20or=20listen=20=
to,=20that=20
will=20teach=20a=20blind=20person=20sign=20language?


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