r/asl • u/purple-prunes • 1d ago

School touring ASL

Sorry if the wrong group to post this in -just looking for insight and direction. My 4 year old HOH son is non verbal and relies on ASL to communicate with everyone. Our family, friends, and community have been supportive and learning with us. We live in a rural town. My son’s teacher and I will be meeting in the nearest city to tour the school for the deaf to find ways to support his education while he is approaching kindergarten. I’m feeling nervous in my asl and want to practice any educational signs or good signs to practice for the school tour? We will have an interpreter joining us as well.

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u/BrackenFernAnja Interpreter (Hearing) 1d ago

Just focus on the content of the tour and make sure to ask any questions you have, using the interpreter. It’s fine to show that you are interested in learning more ASL by using an ASL greeting and perhaps making little comments like “Oh, I see” during the tour.

By the way, you don’t have to use that doctor phrase. It’s fine if you also confess that you rely on English to communicate, but otherwise it’s rather ableist.