[nabs-l] wanting to learn to sign with a sighted friend

[Carly Mihalakis]

Evening, Sam, I, too, have been intrigued by the idea of signing in 
which  the body is employed to convey things, so sensual, so 
inigmatic! However,, in my own case, I have a thing they are calling 
tactile appraxia, a ressult of brain damage, so am not too confident 
in my hand's ability to actualize intricate movements that are 
present, to the best of my own knowledge, in signing. By the way, 
though I believe I have retained all I ever knew of the braille code, 
appraxia has made actually bodily experiencing the tricky little 
braille caricters, I like to say, pretty much a pipedream!
Let us know if you get too much in to signing, and how it goes, won't you?
Car   At 03:50 PM 4/26/2015, Sam Nelson via nabs-l wrote:
>Hello.
>
>  I'm wondering if anyone has experienced this situation. There is a girl in
>the building I live in who is deaf. She's very very nice and I think we
>could be good friends. She comes up and grabs my hand and gives me a hug
>sometimes. And though my other sighted friend doesn't know ASL she can tell
>by gestures and facial  expressions what she's saying. Like she said I have
>a pretty smile, pointed to her ring her boyfriend gave her and made a
>breaking motion to  say they broke up.
>
>  Anyway I really want to learn to sign and communicate with her. My friend
>and I have learned some signs off a website. I think learning sign is cool
>because it helps with fine motor skills and body awareness.
>
>  Anyway was wondering if anyone has had the experience of signing with a
>sighted person. I've seen some things about deaf blind people signing but in
>this case my friend isn't blind so wonder if there's another way to go about
>it. Or just any thoughts in general about learning to sign as a blind
>person.
>
>  Thanks.
>
>  Sam
>
>
>
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