I am
A CU Boulder student and Colorado native who plans on becoming an ASL interpreter. I wanted to include this page mostly as a disclaimer. My dialect is specific to Colorado. I've only taken 3 ASL courses thus far. I really enjoy deaf culture and ASL and I'm trying to explain it to a hearing audience in the most complete way possible. Because I'm not fully fluent in ASL I know there will be errors in my work and I appreciate any feedback or criticisms.
My interest in ASL began my freshman year in college when I was put into a Disabilities in Society class by my academic adviser at the time. I fell in love with what little I learned of deaf culture and switched majors so that I could work with disabilities. Then I started taking ASL and realized that that was all I wanted to do for a career. Now I'm going to finish at CU and apply in an interpreter program. I love ASL because it's so versatile, every person I've met in the deaf community has been welcoming and so great to chat with, the language is complicated but fun, and the culture is rich and vibrant much like my own American Indian culture. Some day I would like to expand and study the sign languages of Native communities.
My interest in ASL began my freshman year in college when I was put into a Disabilities in Society class by my academic adviser at the time. I fell in love with what little I learned of deaf culture and switched majors so that I could work with disabilities. Then I started taking ASL and realized that that was all I wanted to do for a career. Now I'm going to finish at CU and apply in an interpreter program. I love ASL because it's so versatile, every person I've met in the deaf community has been welcoming and so great to chat with, the language is complicated but fun, and the culture is rich and vibrant much like my own American Indian culture. Some day I would like to expand and study the sign languages of Native communities.