[NFB-DB] Family Resources for Learning ASL

[Janice Toothman]

Eric,

my name is Janice Toothman.  I have Usher's.  It developed later in 
life.  I am totally blind.  I use tactile sign.  I fingerspell and use 
Print on Palm at present, mostly because I don't have ready access to 
the resources you are seeking for your son.  I have not found a local 
place to in my state to teach me Tactile ASL even though I live  20 
miles from Washington, DC ( home of Gallaudett University or Gally as it 
is affectionately called).  I couldn't afford to pay the 50 dollars an 
hour for a private tutor of one of their professors.  Although I have a 
VR counselor, they don't see it as a hight priority for me even though I 
am profoundly deaf and am contemplating a CI.

I am not sure if your earlier post said what state you live in. The 
American Association of the DeafBlind might know of individuals willing 
to teach ASL or Universitys that have Deaf studies.  Again I am only 
thinking of people and interpreters/SSP (support Service Providers that 
might be willing to help get you started.

These are just my own thoughts as I have struggled personally with this 
myself.
Janice Toothman
Second Vice-President
National Association of the DeafBlind, A proud Division of the NFB
We care, We share, We grow , We make a Difference

Learning ASL would would be for you compared to you son.  You son would

On 4/23/2018 11:58 AM, Eric V via NFB-DB wrote:
>
> Good morning everyone.
>
> We had a nice discussion with Danielle over the weekend & while we are 
> going to pursue looking into the CI’s further, we also want to be 
> begin learning ASL. We’ll meet with our district’s DHH team, but 
> beyond our sons, my wife & I obviously want to learn in parallel. Can 
> you share resources & ideas on how to pursue learning ASL & how the 
> process might be different for us given our son’s are totally blind, 
> compared to sighted ASL communication?
>
> Thanks
>
> Eric
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