I learned American Sign Language in college and seemed to pick it up rather quickly. I really love to sign and wish that I had more friends to sign with.
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I learned how to sign because when I was growing up in California in order to get into college you needed two semesters of language to get into a University of California school.
The more people that learn sign language, the better. This is part of my life, but it's not part of everybody's life, so it's nice to expose this to the world.
When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of encouraging kids who are deaf to use whatever it takes to communicate.
Although I'm not fluent in sign language by a long way, I could have a fairly decent conversation.
I did three DVD's for 'Baby Einstein,' teaching babies how to sign. It really helps a parent communicate because babies can't talk. But it has been proven that they can communicate using their hands to communicate. So sign language is a great tool in that way.
American Sign Language requires a lot of facial and body expression.
I lived for a year in Scotland. British sign language is very different from American.
I've loved traveling around the country and meeting people at book signings.
I do love to interpret songs in American Sign Language.
I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf very early. But I never really wanted to learn.