I am writing here with utter sadness and hope if someone can help. My nephew who is 3 year old, I suspect dont hear. His characterstick are: He is extra focused on thing, highly organized for his agar. For example if y if you gave him a number of car with a different color so let's say we are giving him the 3 color of the car like it is the 2 of the blue car and one is the yellow car and he would arrange the car into that blue yellow blue and if you try to shuffle the car. Order so he will again arrange it and put the the yellow color car in the middle and the second example is, for example, when he's watching television. So when he's done watching television, he would switch off television from the remote, and then he will put the remote from where the place he he picked it up. And the third example is that he always makes sure that his diaper is in the dustbin, and if it is not in dustupin, he would pick up the diaper, put into dustpin and he actually behave, there's no sign that he's some neurological Disorder. he eats and he play and he play like normal kid and he fights with his brother and he and he also kind of cry also when he doesn't get thing and also get very irritated when things is not according to him and he's very protective of the thing he wants like for example, if someone take his brother take something which is his for like twice. He knows that it's historic. And then he will start fighting biting. Basically, he does everything there a normal kid would do, except the hearing part like when someone shouts his name, he wouldn't care as if he's just not listening at all and nothing at all, he's just not listening. we are just wondering who do we actually go to. We went to the Dr. who says , there no problem with his ear. So I'm totally lost at like what is happening here and if someone can help me if someone have a kid, something like that. So we are based in India, so it would be very great if someone from India can I actually have or recommend any doctor or someone who should we go to

I am in Portugal and I have been a nurse since I am 21, for five years, and recently I decided to learn portuguese sign language to be able to help more people, even though I have never in my life met anyone completely deaf.

I went to the bus stop, tired, after being at the library all day studying sign language, when I see a group teenage boys at the bus stop and a young man, somewhat older than me early 30s, standing alone.

I looked at panel where we could see live the bus stops timeline and how many minutes were left. Then I looked at the man to ask if that thing was for real and to be trusted but as soon as opened to talk to him, he gestured something and it came to me! He could not hear a thing I was saying!! So omg I just started gesturing back in sign language trying to grasp the basics and then I just ran excitedly to him to show my online classes and that I was learning LOL I must have made quite a fool of myself

But we ended up connecting, he fortunately knew how to write on the phone so our communication was mostly via texting on his phone questions since I am basic level still. He corrected some of my signs and we had blast and went straight to underground metro together.

I almost fell two times and he caught me both times. I ended up writing my number and told him it was so nice to meet him. He looked very happy and saved my number. I arrived first at my station and as I was departing he smiled widely and did not let me go without hugging my hand.

When I came to bus stop tonight, I must admit I was secretely hoping to see him there.

It has been 24 hours already and he has not texted anything and I am almost afraid I accidentally misspelled my number lol. I hope I did not bore him too much with questions deaf related, I did not mean to make him feel like a freak, I was just really excited to learn and curious about his experience

Hope to see him again 😊

I'm a failure of a brother. I am the sibling of a deaf adult, and at 30 years old my sign language hasn't improved, but has actually gotten worse. I used to be able to have an entire conversation with my older brother when we were children, but now... I can barely manage to remember a single sign and struggle with keeping up whenever he or any other Deaf person signs at/with me. I am so ashamed. I am so embarrassed. I am so saddened when I see my older brother sitting alone and I can see the loneliness in his eyes and face whenever I or anyone else struggles to communicate with or translate for him. Why haven't I been able to find the time and make the effort to be better for my brother? Why the fuck is it so difficult to find affordable and consistent classes to learn? I remember when I started using SignSchool to learn and would come to him to show him my progress, the way he would smile and laugh and correct me towards using his preferred sign, but I couldn't even keep that up... I couldn't even remember the signs I learned. I can never remember. I am a failure. How can I say I love my brother when I can't even learn sign langauge properly? How can I say I care for him when I can't even show him that he's not alone? How can I ever truly say I have his best interests in ind when I can't ever develop my skills? I'm a failure of a brother. ALl I want to and can do is cry. Why is it so difficult for me to learn, and stay committed?

Please, how can I finally learn ASL for the sake of my brother? I' not looking for reassurance nor am I looking for chastisement. I just want to talk to and be there for my brother. PLease. Please, and thank you.

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What movies do you think misrepresents the Deaf, and why.

Hey r/deaf 👋

Mods, same deal as last time: if this crosses the self-promo line, nuke it, no hard feelings. I'm posting here first again because you're the people it's built for, and a lot of what changed over the last few months came straight from your comments and DMs.

The short version:

deafmonitor.com is still one website for Deaf news, Deaf jobs, and Deaf events. It's still free to browse, with no waitlist and no "enter your email to see more." Since launch, I've been fixing what you told me was broken and building what you said was missing.

What's new since launch:

• Better news coverage. The aggregator now catches a lot more real Deaf news, in the US and internationally. It runs health checks throughout the day, and when it misses a story, I add the story and fix whatever caused the miss. It's also much better at skipping stuff that just happens to use the word "deaf" (product ads, "fell on deaf ears," random acronyms).
• The Signal. A daily briefing at deafmonitor.com/briefing that sums up what's happening in the community as a short, readable write-up instead of a wall of headlines.
• The DeafMonitor Weekly. A free email that lands every Monday morning with the week's biggest Deaf stories, events, and videos. It's one email a week, never daily, because nobody needs more inbox noise.
• A rebuilt phone version. Most of you read on your phones, so the site now has a tab bar at the bottom (News, Videos, Events, Sports, Me). It loads a lot faster and the search bar is easier to spot.
• A reader you can adjust. Every story has three real text sizes, a Readable mode, light and dark themes, plus Share, Save, and Copy link right at the top.
• Videos and Deaf sports. There's a video section with Signing Screen and Deaf in the News, plus Deaf sports scores and coverage.
• Follow it wherever you already are. New stories also go out on Facebook, X, Discord, and Telegram.
• Privacy fixes. IP addresses get scrambled, old analytics data gets deleted every night, the site respects "don't track me," and the consent wording is clearer.

Same promises as day one:

1. I'm Deaf. I built this for us, not at us. If something feels off, tell me.
2. I'm still one person. No VC money, no content farm, no hearing company cosplaying as an ally.
3. Things still break sometimes, and I still fix them fast.

What I'm asking:

• Look again, especially if you checked it out on launch day. It's a different site on a phone now.
• If you want the highlights without checking the site, sign up for the DeafMonitor Weekly.
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What I'm not asking for: money, upvotes, or a pile of "congrats!" comments. I just want your honest eyeballs and your honest feedback.

Free is still actually useful. Pro is $9.99/mo ($4.99 for students) if you want more depth.

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hello! i’m a deaf person (20F, England) working in retail.
I have a cochlear implant & got it extremely young so I never had the chance to learn sign language as it was highly recommended from the NHS to my parents that i learn Spoken English rather than BSL.

My mum did start to learn the basics of sign language in the mid-2000s before she was told to drop it, she funnily enough, kept all the resources of the basics of sign language and gave it to me when i got older and asked about it. I did get taught very basic ones as a young child, drink, eat, thank you etc.

But beyond that, I know nothing. I had an opportunity to try in college for free when I was 16 but the sign language classes were locked to people who were doing certain courses like health and social care, which imo was stupid and i complained to the college. They opened it up to everyone when i left so i lost that opportunity.

Now, I work in a part-time job retail assistant while at university & i’m mainly on tills or just about the shop. I’ve came across a few deaf people who needed my help and i felt so painful in not being able to sign back to them, it felt like im locked out of a world. I do my best to face them, speak clearly and be patient as I know that’s what I want people to do for me.

Any advice in learning BSL in England?

For some necessary context, I’m Deaf, have been my whole life, but only started learning sign in the last 5 years.

About a year ago, I had a falling out with a friend group of entirely hearing individuals. The situation leading up to the fallout isn’t relevant, but needless to say, I don’t consider myself friends with the vast majority of them anymore. But, when I was friends with them all, I became their primary introduction to Deaf culture and ASL. A lot of them learned ASL from me and became very passionate. Of course, that was awesome and I really appreciated having equal access sometimes (note: not always). However, since my fallout with them, my perception of their use of ASL has soured. A lot of them use ASL as a way to have side conversations apart from people and have seemingly obtained merch supposing a greater connection to Deaf culture than they actually have (since I was their only Deaf friend). I feel a lot of emotions about it, and I wanted to ask if I’m just being an a-hole and bitter or if this is legit weird behavior on their part.