Personal Narrative: My First Deaf Experience

Attending deaf events as a hearing person might be seen as scary or intimidating. Due to the lack of knowledge of the typical hearings person's perspective of the deaf community. I personally did not know what to expect when attending deaf church. I honestly thought it might be a little boring go sit in a room and watch other people sign. But I shortly learn after attending my first event that I was wrong there's much more to the culture of the deaf community. I feared that I would be perceived as an outsider not knowing and understanding their form of communication. Rather put in the corner not paid any attention to as they went along with their scheduled events. These are all preconceptions that I had before attending a deaf event and meeting the true deaf community. While being exposed to their rich culture opened my eyes to their stories. …show more content…
Or more commonly known as Palm Sunday the Sunday before Easter. I went along with friend Josie Bracken, she was a great support throughout the new experience. We leaned upon each other when we were asked question. Helping one another understand and answer the questions asked. We arrived that morning in what I think was a sunday school. That lasted about ten minutes after we arrived. As we entered it was very welcoming to see all the open faces. I remember walking in and being mentioned over by a friendly women to come sit. It was so nice to be welcomed over and greeted with a friendly