Percentage of Deaf in the USA and Finger Spelling
Sorry, I haven't been writing recently. I've mostly been writing in my private and scripture blog. I've noticed that I love blogging. It takes me a while to write a single post though. I probably average around forty minutes. I really want to write about Zion National Park and Angels Landing; however, I need to go to bed. Maybe, I can write about it tomorrow. I just wanted to write a quick entry about the percentage of deaf adults in the United States. For my infectious disease class, we had to sign up for a weekly and monthly newsletter that's published by the CDC. I haven't gotten rid of it because it's interesting to browse through. I came across an article that gave the stats of the adults who were deaf in the United States. Almost three percent are deaf!!!! No wonder one rarely sees sign language!!! One cannot find people who are deaf unless the look in the right places. I've seen sign language a little here at BYU. Probably, it's the same student that I'm seeing. I don't know though. I've forgotten many of the signs which I've learned at SCC. I sort of miss sign language. When taking sign, I was always bad at finger spelling. At first, I just wrote down the letter on a piece of paper. Then, my teacher had me finger spell along with her. It really worked; however, I was still bad at recognizing words. I've noticed that problem is showing up when I text. I have T9 word on my phone. So, I have to have it the word all spelled out in my head because I can't see it on the screen while texting. Sometimes, words give me trouble because I can't figure out how to spell them without typing or writing them down. Twice the word appointment has given me trouble.
