[stylist] A New Member

[Donna Hill]

John,
My husband's grandparents used the older ASL.  I remembered after 
writing earlier that my deaf friend also taught me signs for 'good 
morning, good evening, dog, baking and probably more that I don't remember.
Donna

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John Lee Clark wrote:
> Donna:
>
> Do you know that there are a few hearing blind people who are also excellent
> ASL interpreters?  In most cases they learned because they had a deaf
> significant other.  But recently, a few blind signers learned from ASL
> classes by use of relay interpreters who simply "mirror" the teacher's
> signs, for them to follow with their hands.
>
> A different sign language?  There are two other sign languages in North
> America, one the Quebec sign language and the other the black sign language,
> which is now almost gone.  Black signs came about in the deep South, where
> whites and blacks were separated in everything.
>
> Older ASL is a bit different than today's ASL, but signers of each can
> understand the other readily.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Donna Hill
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 1:31 PM
> To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [stylist] A New Member
>
> John,
> I learned the alphabet from a deaf man who was into wilderness sports.  
> We met when we were both asked to be part of a pilot project sponsored 
> by the Sons of Norway called the Vinland National Healthsports Center, 
> which was in Minnesota.  Not sure if they still exist, but in '81 or '82 
> they wanted to test out their program on representatives of different 
> disabilities.  I can't even remember his name, though I'm sure I have it 
> somewhere as I did as series of radio programs on it for the Radio 
> Information Center for the Blind in Philadelphia.  I remember thinking 
> that with him being deaf and me blind, we wouldn't have much 
> communication, but he was my favorite person in the class.  If only I 
> had known computer in those days, we might have kept in touch.  He had a 
> malamute named "Laska" who came with him and stayed outside at night.
>
> My mother-in-law didn't teach me anything other than "I love you," and 
> apparently her parents used a different sign language than what is in 
> use these days.
> Donna
>
>   




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