I have been emailing with a deaf person for whom I am going to do some work. I primarily provide child care, but also special needs or disabled adult, elder and pet care services. She needs me to care for a loved one. I know she does not speak. I do not know if she lip reads, but she graduated with honors from a school for the deaf. To avoid an uncomfortable meeting I am preparing to meet her (e.i. videos). I included this in a recent e-mail: ”I look forward to meeting you. Let me know how you prefer to communicate in person with people who don’t know ASL (phone, laptop, pen and paper, lip reading and paper) and I’ll be prepared. If you are a lip reader, don’t worry, I won’t be over annunciating or yelling like that would help. I know people can be pretty silly when communicating with the deaf. I’m not the type of person to react that way. I know the only significant difference between you and me is how people treat us differently. You’ll see for yourself." Did I overstep? Should I have just waited for her cue? Or was it a good thing that I asked her how to be prepared for our first meeting? Opinions from deaf people would be especially appreciated since they deal with this all the time.
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I have been emailing with a deaf person for whom I am going to do some work. I primarily provide child care, but also special needs or disabled adult, elder and pet care services. She needs me to care for a loved one. I know she does not speak. I do not know if she lip reads, but she graduated with honors from a school for the deaf. To avoid an uncomfortable meeting I am preparing to meet her (e.i. videos). I included this in a recent e-mail: ”I look forward to meeting you. Let me know how you prefer to communicate in person with people who don’t know ASL (phone, laptop, pen and paper, lip reading and paper) and I’ll be prepared. If you are a lip reader, don’t worry, I won’t be over annunciating or yelling like that would help. I know people can be pretty silly when communicating with the deaf. I’m not the type of person to react that way. I know the only significant difference between you and me is how people treat us differently. You’ll see for yourself." Did I overstep? Should I have just waited for her cue? Or was it a good thing that I asked her how to be prepared for our first meeting? Opinions from deaf people would be especially appreciated since they deal with this all the time.
Here's another video about Communicating with People who have Hearing Loss th-cam.com/video/wMAfSblVSAw/w-d-xo.html
This is really good! Thanks
Maybe an interpreter on the clip would be beneficial.