Have you ever wanted to just stop talking all together?

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I have. I am considering it now.

I mean,it's just too hard to talk. It takes up time and energy,and I feel like people just don't understand or care. I'm thinking of just using Sign Language and writing as a means of communication.

What about you? If so,then why? How will you communicate?


-SpaceCase

yeah, i can go for sometime without speaking. i dont think im coordinated enough to learn signlanguage, though. that stuff is crazy

i used to wish this when i was a kid.

I am one of the lucky Aspies who has discovered the joy of sign language about 15 years ago. A friend of mine was talking sign language classes and I went one time with her. I was hooked!

from the first moment I had no difficulty understading sign language. It felt so easy so direct, so simple to comprehend and reproduce. It was a true revelation. Even now when I watch news I prefer to look at the person signing as it helps me comprehend things better.

I almost live in silence. I hardly talk because there is no one for me to talk with. I write extensively. I keep several blogs and belong to several forums.

Written language I can handle as I can read, reread, correct, refrase, delete, retype until it says what I EXACTLY want to say. Verbal language is as you also said so much more time consuming and exhausting and I never get to say what I think. It always seems to come out wrong or different.

Star

I can relate to that.

on a regular basis.

Okay,so what is a good place I can go to to learn (American)sign language? And how do I explain to my family and few,trusted friends my intentions?


-SpaceCase

So which sign language will you use, ASL? Frankly, I find it far easier to talk the normal way. I am even learning several other languages. I really do know a lot of 6 languages now. One of these days I would like to go back to europe where I could use 5, maybe 6, of the languages. Not one is a sign language though. SOMEWHERE in my memory is perhaps 100 words in, I THINK, ASL, but that was LONG ago!

Steve

Most colleges and universities are now offering ASL classes (American Sign Language) so check your local school for an ASL course. If you want to major in ASL and get a diploma as an ASL interpreter then you can try Gallaudet University in Washington DC.

It is a university where all classes are in ASL. A true paradise for me! They also offer summer cources if you want. Check their website: www.gallaudet.edu

By the way, ASL interpreters make a lot of money especially if you are certified.

Star

Hi Steve,

What languages do you speak. I also speak some 5-6 languages. Let's compare notes. Where in Chicago do you live. I have been there many times. I have a cousin who lives on the classy Lake Shore Drive... far too expensive for me *smile*

Star

pretend u got deff

English
German
Danish
French
Spanish
Hindi

Actually, today, I am in the Boston Area. I go back to Fort Wayne, Indiana. I'm not against going to Chicago sometime though. When I first registered here I spent most of my time in the Itasca area. So what languages do YOU speak?

Steve

wow so many languages!
i have such a hard time w/ languages. i dont like the idea of "1 word" :O
i remember in my sped French class, we didn't learn the French words = the English words. we learned the French word to a picture of something; something i could not place 1 English word too. God i hated it.
I didn't notice until grade 8 that 'er' verbs ended in 'er'

Well, I HAVE been stupid a lot of time, regarding this. I am trying to use more visualization in things, and that works best with nouns and adjectives. Still, I don't do as well as I should or as I would have if I did this younger. If I could do everything again, I would keep doing puzzles, and do languages first. I would then work with computers and electronics.

Anyway, when I was first trying, a lot of americans thought BIlingual was a big deal. In europe, some of the best were TRIlingual, or perhaps a bit better. TODAY, it turns out hexalingual isn't too rare, and I guess that is my new goal. Still, I don't talk or read that much as it is. It's a shame too, because I remember how well I spoke when I was a young kid, and my mother said I STARTED that way!

Steve

Am non verbal often, which is very hard to cope with because am not able to get what am want to say across to people,they often answer their questions to me or give me questions that cannot be answered with a thumbs up or thumbs down.
Took me months to learn a couple of makaton gestures,staff had to use my hands to do it-to let me get a feel for it,as watching them doesnt help.
When verbal,find it very tiring.


if going to be mute,it will be a big problem because so many things relie on verbal word,it is the worst feeling inside, to be wanting to say something but not being able to get it across,the majority of people do not know sign language or makaton-staying mute can become a habit not able to break out of easily-but using sign language as well as a little verbal,might help lessen the tiredness.

Someday I'm going to stop talking.