tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post4237543052535321096..comments2024-03-25T12:21:56.752-05:00Comments on Sweethearts Of The West: Silence by E. AyersCaroline Clemmonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-90412135035476221642017-05-13T00:22:07.397-05:002017-05-13T00:22:07.397-05:00Thanks, Carol. Looking back in time was just a lit...Thanks, Carol. Looking back in time was just a little side trip I took as I researched various things for the contemporary story. But those little side trips tangle me into their web. <br /><br />What a wonderful big heart your husband's aunt has. Cheers for your son for knowing ASL! Thank you so much for stopping by.<br /><br /> E.Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338305018025847649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-89623255288828535762017-05-12T13:40:08.407-05:002017-05-12T13:40:08.407-05:00Your post is fascinating, E. I have no doubt it to...Your post is fascinating, E. I have no doubt it took many hours of research. My son knows a little sign language. It isn't only amazing, but cruel for a parent not to be able to communicate with a deaf child. How is the child to learn unless sent to a school for the deaf? Still, once they are back at home, no one can speak with him/her. My husband's aunt adopted a child with heart problems, then later adopted a deaf child. There is great love between the entire family and none of them treat the deaf child any different than the other. I can't wait to read your book!Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14744317424383760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-28945666733040334342017-05-10T16:54:18.430-05:002017-05-10T16:54:18.430-05:00Thanks, Sarah. The Deaf are just like anyone else,...<br />Thanks, Sarah. The Deaf are just like anyone else, the difference is they don't hear and they have their own language. It has nothing to do with intelligence. We are the idiots who are not bilingual.<br /><br />I have a scene in my WIP where the hero's little sister is flashing "negative" signs at the heroine when she doesn't think anyone is looking. The little sis is jealous of her brother's girlfriend. And my heroine is trying to so hard to learn to communicate. She goofs a few signs and signs something else that she didn't mean.<br /><br />Today the Deaf are lucky that they are recognized and given so many more opportunities for education, etc. But I find it amazing how many parents don't learn to sign to their children who are deaf. :-( E.Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338305018025847649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-64085088996772273182017-05-10T15:46:35.487-05:002017-05-10T15:46:35.487-05:00about the deaf, E. I took sign language at college...about the deaf, E. I took sign language at college and learned so much about the culture around those who are deaf. They have their own special jokes expressed in sign language that are only funny if you understand sign language. Our instructors (2 of them--one who was married to a deaf man and the other whose parents were both deaf) also shared with us what it was like for deaf people, how they didn't feel people paid attention to what they were trying to say and often felt hearing people thought they were stupid.<br />I learned how to curse in sign language. It's much more polite than cursing out loud. <br />It is such a physical language. It is amazing how, even those of us who can hear and speak, convey our thoughts to others by gestures and facial expression. Humans are going to get their point across some how, some way. LOL<br />Great post, E!<br />Sarah J. McNealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17749991094677728042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-59950613187623203202017-05-10T14:12:14.377-05:002017-05-10T14:12:14.377-05:00It really is a beautiful language, and lovely to w...It really is a beautiful language, and lovely to watch - like a ballet with the hands. Historically it's been compared to the pantomimes who entertained the ancient Romans, which is probably why it fell in disfavor and considered animalistic and pagan. (Obviously way to primitive for "modern" man, besides animal gesture to each other. Totally stupid!) It is a very full rich language, and someday I'll learn enough of it to not make a total fool of myself.<br /><br />E.Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338305018025847649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-14023826881812594122017-05-10T13:52:38.105-05:002017-05-10T13:52:38.105-05:00We all discover those mistakes after we push send....We all discover those mistakes after we push send. :-)E.Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338305018025847649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-40539878166200777552017-05-10T12:38:09.079-05:002017-05-10T12:38:09.079-05:00Gee, Celia, why didn't you proof read your pos...Gee, Celia, why didn't you proof read your post?<br />Signed: CeliaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-21454981327463996362017-05-10T11:48:49.870-05:002017-05-10T11:48:49.870-05:00The Texas School for the Deaf in a huge campus in ...The Texas School for the Deaf in a huge campus in Austin, Texas is the oldest public school in Texas. It houses and teaches primary and secondary deal children. It started in 1857 and is still going strong. Here in San Marcos, there is a housing area strictly for deaf couples/families. Most of older or elderly people. I often see a couple or more in the supermarket, and it's fascinating to watch them communicate about, say, a can of green beans. <br />I personally know one family with a deaf daughter--born deaf--married, had three children. She attended a boarding school for the deaf in Tulsa, Okla. <br />Thanks for your wonderful research.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16272417114895975742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-78115909755940482362017-05-10T11:13:17.381-05:002017-05-10T11:13:17.381-05:00Can you imagine sending your child to a deaf schoo...Can you imagine sending your child to a deaf school? Unless you live near such a school, that child goes to a boarding school. Most parents I know have had a hard enough time putting a little one on a school bus. Can you imagine taking them to a boarding school? Yet those children will ask to go and love it, because they make friends there who speak the same language. The children who are mainstreamed feel isolated.E.Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338305018025847649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-47438483677956840572017-05-10T10:54:54.959-05:002017-05-10T10:54:54.959-05:00I'm so sorry about your hubby's hearing lo...I'm so sorry about your hubby's hearing loss. Almost half of our population over the age of 60 is deaf. And it's estimated to be as many as 33 million hearing impaired which means some hearing loss to total silence. He's not alone.E.Ayershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03338305018025847649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-41391220761857438002017-05-10T09:38:45.352-05:002017-05-10T09:38:45.352-05:00Wow, Elizabeth, you really did a lot of research f...Wow, Elizabeth, you really did a lot of research for this post. It must have been torture for deaf children to watch siblings go off to school while the deaf child didn't even understand the concept of schooling. Today's deaf may have a tough time, but it can't be nearly as bad as in the old days.Lyn Hornerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596495172490672271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1822452633282744192.post-77641498031773993912017-05-10T07:16:08.238-05:002017-05-10T07:16:08.238-05:00I took a class in American Sign Language but I did...I took a class in American Sign Language but I did not learn well. When my mother-in-law went to help her sister during a difficult pregnancy, my mother-in-law learned sign language from her sister's neighbor in a very short time. My niece learned ASL to assist Deaf in a California school and also signed at her church's services. Although the world is friendlier now to the Deaf, lack of hearing is still a problem. My husband went deaf in one ear and almost deaf in the other after a virus attacked his ears. Caroline Clemmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14914658854159456335noreply@blogger.com