[James W.]

I had the wonderful opportunity to have a hearing-impaired individual watch my children when they were younger. My wife and I installed a TDD and went to American Sign Language classes. We never mastered the language, but we did learn enough to know what a whole and wonderful person Mrs. Downs was. Mrs. Downs passed away, but I’ll always remember the beauty she nurtured inside. Learning the language was like turning on a light in a dark room. I didn’t know what I was missing until I ‘saw’ it. I have forgotten ASL (use it or lose it), but I’ve never forgotten Mrs. Downs. Ever since, I’ve known that I’m the true handicapped person because I don’t know ASL, French, Spanish, German, etc., or any other way to communicate with all the wondrous people of the world.

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Name : James W., Gender : M, Race : White, Black, and American Indian, Age : 46, City : Jacksonville, State : FL, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

[James W.]

I had the wonderful opportunity to have a hearing impaired individual watch my children when they were younger. My wife and I installed a TDD and went to sign language classes. We never mastered the language but we did learn enough to know what a whole and wonderful person Mrs. Downs was. Mrs. Downs passed away but I’ll always remember the beauty she nurtured inside. Learning the language(ASL and there are many ‘dialects’) was like turning on a light in a dark room. I didn’t know what I was missing until I ‘saw’ it. I have forgotten ASL(use it or lose it) but I’ve never forgotten Mrs. Downs. Ever since, I’ve known that I’m the true handicapped person because I don’t know ASL, French, Spanish, German, etc… or any other way to communicate with all the wonderous people of the world.

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Name : James W., Gender : M, Race : White, Black, and American Indian, Age : 46, City : Jacksonville, State : FL, Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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