Learning Sign Language As A Deaf Adult | Rikki Poynter

Learning Sign Language As A Deaf Adult | Rikki Poynter
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My hearing loss was noticed at the age of 11. Being born from someone who is deaf, and raised orally, I was continued to be raised the same. I continued having a mainstreamed deaf life going into public school, speaking spoken English, etc. I was not given American Sign Language or an education at a deaf school.

It wasn't until my early 20s when I started trying to find deaf people like me and then by the age of 23, start learning American Sign Language seriously on my own.

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