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Finding My Name Sign
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Finding My Name Sign

By Adrean Clark March 26, 2012

My first name sign was given to me by a hearing person. The A handshape tapped squarely in the feminine area on my cheek. It weathered years in a mainstreamed classroom, and traveled with me to the deaf school in eighth grade. The deaf school was also my eye-opening immersion into Deaf culture and history.…

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