So being verbal is not easy for some deaf people and some just don't like to use verbal communication at all.
Just because a person is deaf doesn’t mean they can’t completely understand you. People give off vibes with their facial expressions and hand movements even when they are not using American Sign Language. In fact we see hand gestures just about everyday. Sometimes you can tell what someone is thinking just by the look on their face. For example, we wave hello or goodbye to people. A curled up nose on someone's face could mean that they smell something bad or gross. Winking and blowing kisses to someone. Some people even chew on their nails when they are nervous or ball up their fists when they get mad. Rolling your eyes at someone and of course flipping somone off with their middle finger, which means the same in American Sign Language by the way. …show more content…
Just like there are thousands of spoken languages in the world there are many forms of sign language. For example there is French Sign Language, German Sign Language, Spanish Sign Language, and according to Gallaudet University there are more than 239 more sign languages worldwide. The Federal Communications Commission, which is also known as the FCC defines American Sign Language or ASL as “a visual language based on hand shapes, position, movement, and orientation of the hands in relation to each other and the
Just because a person is deaf doesn’t mean they can’t completely understand you. People give off vibes with their facial expressions and hand movements even when they are not using American Sign Language. In fact we see hand gestures just about everyday. Sometimes you can tell what someone is thinking just by the look on their face. For example, we wave hello or goodbye to people. A curled up nose on someone's face could mean that they smell something bad or gross. Winking and blowing kisses to someone. Some people even chew on their nails when they are nervous or ball up their fists when they get mad. Rolling your eyes at someone and of course flipping somone off with their middle finger, which means the same in American Sign Language by the way. …show more content…
Just like there are thousands of spoken languages in the world there are many forms of sign language. For example there is French Sign Language, German Sign Language, Spanish Sign Language, and according to Gallaudet University there are more than 239 more sign languages worldwide. The Federal Communications Commission, which is also known as the FCC defines American Sign Language or ASL as “a visual language based on hand shapes, position, movement, and orientation of the hands in relation to each other and the