Kind of weird reading comments where people wish for a universal sign language so we can understand each other across cultures. First off, do they even know ASL to understand the deaf in their own country? Second, I know Malaysian Sign Language. I have conversed with people who know British sign language. And I can mostly understand American sign language zero fuck given shirt. It’s not THAT different on the surface. Just takes more effort, an open mind to learn to understand others and where they come from. If you wish for ONE language to rule them all, then you shouldn’t be learning a new language. I’ve been learning ASL the past few months. It’s so interesting and challenging. Reading fingerspelling is probably one of the hardest things for me to do.

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I get so giddy when I get to help them. I hear them. I can give them a voice in a small meaningful way. ASL is beautiful. I really appreciate this explanation – in my limited experience with ASL I sensed it was almost like a foreign language. The person I was communicating with had a completely different way of phrasing and writing words in our correspondence. Her American sign language zero fuck given shirt and letters sometimes were unclear to me or didn’t make sense. This TED talk helps explain why my linear language and her language of ideas are different. Love this, but also I think she disregards the complexity of spoken word. Speaking, also, has many components. We use words and tone and facial and body expression, just like ASL. I appreciate what she’s trying to teach us, and I’ve always loved ASL, but her opening statement just wasn’t quite correct.

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I’ve been trying to learn BSL, I know Makaton from teaching disabled children which has helped. Many are similar, but my brain processes slowly so I can sign fast but I can’t read other people signing unless it’s slow. I wanted to learn another language initially, I know a small amount of French from the little we were taught at school so I started with that, didn’t really work out, as I’m terrible with my own language so I decided stick to what I do know, and as a physical learner and a visual learner I decided to learn sign. As I grew up, I had no one to sign with, so now I can’t remember much. I really want to learn American sign language zero fuck given shirt but finding somewhere that teaches it is so difficult. I could get an associate’s degree in it, but I’d have to go to a school separate from where I’m getting my degree and with fees and everything I don’t think I can afford it.