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Hi, my name is Ben. I am hard of hearing. I took a renewed interest in learning ASL after i hung out with a deaf person at an event. Communication was awkward and slow going, and i wished i could communicate better. Afterward, i took a beginner level online ASL course with all deaf teachers. I learned very quickly because we used ASL immersively. I am currently taking a local ASL course taught in person by a hearing teacher who has a deaf brother. It's a lot of fun! As kids, he and his brother used home sign, because they were not allowed to sign in school. Now he is teaching ASL as a community service. I have a hearing friend on the east coast of Canada who practices ASL with me in video chat. Her teachers taught ASL, but they had a background in "maritime" sign language, or something like that. Our vocabulary overlaps about 80% and we can generally understand each other. My intention is to seek clarification in this forum as i continue to learn sign language. I love to explore little details which sometimes takes me down rabbit holes to unimportant corner cases. I look forward to meeting other folks along the way.

Hello everyone, my name is Cole. I'm taking my first ASL class at college right now and would love to have some friends to talk with since none of my friends know ASL. I don't know too much sign yet, but I bet we could all learn from each other! I have no idea how we actually talk through this site.. but I will do some research on it. (I figured out how to add a video to the post tho!)

Hello! My name is Angel, AKA ASLBarbie. I am a nonspeaking girl and a high intermediate ASL speaker. ASL has recently become my primary language and I am considering becoming an ASL Twitch streamer, as well as relaunching my YouTube channel, once I cqn figure out how to do it without being able to speak. I am always down to practice or help anyone learn to sign.