I would actually just like to become more involved in ASL culture this semester. I learned quite a lot about it last semester, but because my grasp of the language was not that great, I had a hard time interacting with deaf people without the help of a hearing person.
Culture for ASL can be slightly difficult because many aspects of the culture are similar to the U.S. However, there are a few differences, like how untrustworthy the deaf community is of the hearing community. The church I attend does have deaf people that also attend, but most of the people there are hearing people that have just learned ASL. This makes it slightly difficult to make friends with the deaf ones, because there are not that many.
However, I would like to learn more about how the deaf interact with the hearing and how the deaf interact with each other. I hopefully will be able to learn about this by interacting with the deaf and with the hearing that know ASL.
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