I can’t believe people are criticizing that!! As you mentioned, having a family that signs -even if it’s exact English signs - is a blessing!! THANK YOU for sharing your videos with us, THANK YOU for sharing your family with us. There are so many good people out here who support you always and don’t criticize you. Sometimes the few bad comments seem to weigh more than the good ones. Don’t let them take away your peace and happiness that you always share with us :)
Hello. I’m deaf. I would have given anything to be able to sign with my family. It saddens me sometimes how a few people in deaf culture get specific with this. I get people wanting to ensure ASL is respected as a proper language and all but I must say it does hurt when people comment about things that miss the point. The point is that you can communicate. The point is that you feel respected by your father, mother , sisters or anyone else in your life. The point is that we try our best and THAT is what should be celebrated. Because what’s worse is to not try, to not show up. You see what I’m saying right. These kind of comments would deeply deeply bother me. I don’t feel happy people have said things like this but please know not all deaf people try to be super perfect or exclusive. And a lot of people who have the time of day to add feedback like that have a level of privlage maybe there not as aware of. Ash you know what matters. Your very smart. You know what matters at the end of the day. Love you and your family. Wishing y’all the best and good vibes.
thunderstrike2525 odinson thank you very much. I hope ash and others know it’s not worth people’s judgment. She’s strong and smart and gives me a laugh and happiness. Plus I think it’s just amazing when someone tries. That is what counts. I don’t use my voice at all. It’s lonely. I couldn’t care less if the sign isn’t perfect haha I am so uplifted just because someone tried !!
I think that's silly for people to criticize her dad's signing. It's not his first language 💁🏻♂️ That's like criticizing parents for having an accent or incorrect grammar in English when their first language was Korean, or Spanish, or something else.
Hi Ashley! Your dad’s signing is great! People who criticize you don’t realize you guys have your own language and way of communicating that works for you! That’s what matters, and your dad’s singing is great! Im super impressed with his signing. Thanks for making these videos. I think you have such a truthful and positive message!
Dear Ashley, as a guy who works with deafs for lot of years, it is so rare thing to find any families who try to learn signs. So, I can say you are blessed with such a communication. Other thing is: there are always some "home signs" all the deafs and hearing use just inside their family. Same as some deaf schools have their "own" signs no one outside can understand. We even play game sometimes with my pupils: if somebody doesn't understand sign, I finger-spell that word, and then group show their signs. As a guys from different schools and towns, we always got 2-3 signs. Pupil always felt a real happiness anytime they found new signs, or how different and colourful can be some signs. P.S sorry for bad English
I think your dad is great at singing and he’s very expressive because he loves doing it. Sign language is one of those languages where being passionate makes it more fun to do/speak. When I’m sign I don’t get into it as much as your dad does but that’s ok because everyone is different.
Proud of ur dad, I would love to learn that language, and he didnt give up even with his mistakes, some just stop doing what they love cause of criticism but happy that he continues sign language isnt a easy one
My brother is hard of hearing and growing up we learned sign (he was born in the late 90s) I remember really corny VHS videos and going to some beginner family classes since there's a deaf community where I grew up. My dad went to college to learn. I didnt realize so many hearing parents didnt learn or teach sign to their deaf children until I became an adult and it mortified me. Communication and expression is a necessity for everyone. No one should criticize as long as you are doing your best.
I literally cried at the beauty of this video with your father. You and he have a beautiful relationship and your love and respect for each other is so obvious. Any child, hearing or deaf, would be blessed to have him for a father. And any parent would be equally blessed to have you for a daughter. You are gift to this world, Ashley.
Ashley,; HATS off to your parents who took their spare time to learn sign language for you. No matter how skill they are. Better late than never. I'm impressed with your parents' willingness to communicate with you. Cheers!
Enjoyed watching this! I can understand your Dad's signing and I am glad I learned sign language from my Mom since she taught for the school for the deaf but I am also really good at reading lips though. I was adopted from Seoul, Korea and came to America when I was 10 months old, I was born in 1982. I have been hard of hearing most of my life but in the last 10 years became profoundly deaf but was able to have right sided cochlear implant surgery on September 6, 2019 and waiting to hear about left sided cochlear implant surgery. No one is perfect and everyone signs differently but I am glad I can still understand what people are saying since I can understand most signs. I am blessed to have wonderful parents that helped me learn.
I'm learning sign for my toddler and honestly I will be thrilled if I can get to your parents level. It's not easy, especially working a full time job and learning as much as possible at night but I'm determined to do what's best for my baby.
Your father seems sweet, amazing very care free and it's completely obvious that your father loves you to no end. Please don't let TROLLS steal your guy's sunshine and stop you guys from doing these video's, there wonderful and thank you for sharing your father and yourself with the world. There's always someone who doesn't like something someone's doing out here in today's society either on this platform ( UA-cam) or grocery store, you just have to ignore them and keep going which I'm sure you already know this Ashley. ❤❤ You're amazing your parents raised you very well I see because I wouldn't of been so nice confronting those troll's and that's why I love watching your channel you're helping me learn not only how to sign but to be calm, patient and understanding. ❤❤
Thank you for this video. Ashley you look so happy around your dad, and that's what matters. So, don't care much about what others say or think. Just be yourself... God bless you.
You don't have to justify yourself to others. You communicate as you can best understand each other. I also talk to my parents with gestures. They understand me best when I speak with them. Both sides try to have a deep understanding. I turn on my voice and they speak for me with their hands. Just like you. I'm also so happy and blessed to have a deep relationship with my mom. Be blessed 😊
For crying outloud some people can't even speak their first language perfectly! There are many words I can't pronounce, I have to ask my husband what they are. You are both right the whole point is that we communicate well with the people we love.
My uncle lost his hearing(age 2) in the 1930's. He was sent away to a deaf school. The family never learned sign language beyond a few very basic words. If this family is trying, be supportive. Additionally, language is naturally acquired when we're young and that innate ability kind of switches off very early making language acquisition more difficult with age. An older person is going to have an exponentially harder time becoming conversationally fluent.
I stumbled on to your channel after someone signed a question to me while we waited in line. I had never experienced that and did my clumsy best to reply but thought it would be nice to at least learn a simple phrase. After seeing this video with your dad and hearing a little of what your experience has been like I feel like I really learned so much more. Thank you for sharing!
His sign is absolutely amazing actually. I’ve been learning for about 4 years but I’m still not even fluent. No where near it 😂 but it’s so cool that I learned so much from just watching this video 😳
You know Ashley you have really inspired me to sign even though I can speak and there is a woman at Walmart that is deaf but I wanted to know more about her world and then before we got into this lock down I saw a guy being mean to her he was trying to find something down the aisle she was on and got frustrated with her and then I got really mad at the guy and he knew not to do that again. Thank you Ashley again for your inspiration
"Talking with my voice is fun." Something about that hits different. I've never looked at it that way before. That something so natural for me and most other people would be exciting for others. Thanks for sharing this, I'm learning so much from you.
I just found your channel and I wanted to let you know that your family is awesome. I wasn’t aware that some parents of deaf children never try to learn sign language. I had some friends in high school that were deaf, and I tried learning as much as I could from them to be able to communicate. People need to learn to keep their comments to themselves if they have nothing nice to say...and your dad should be proud that he’s working at learning as much as he can.
Thank you for this video. I think you’re all wonderful. I’ve learned sign language for three years now with my 3-year old and can understand only a smidge of what your father is able to sign!!! His dedication is inspiring. I’m half-deaf and wear hearing aids and I really want to learn more!!!!
....Thanks Ashley for sharing your thoughts, I just subscribed to your channel and I'll do my best to learn from you, In my line of work Ive met many people who sign and I always feel left out, it would be great to actually being able to communicate with them. You're inspiring!
You k ow what!! Your dad said the same things that i was gonna write here, Your dad its an angel his amazing and it dosent matter how do you communicate with each other what matter its that you guys understand , im puertorican my husban its chinese and my kids where born in hawaii . Theres a lot a culture involve , MY ADVISES dont read the comment and please continue doing this , my kid its autistic and he was non verbal hes 3 years old bow and because of people like you (singing) you help and you help my kid and thats what matters parent do the impossible for their childrens , not in my wildest dream i thougth i was gonna have to learn ASL and i appreciate this channel. Thanks again forget about criticism. Its not worth the amazing things you do. God bless you .
Oh I just love your Dad!! He is doing very well learning! You two communicate very well!! My husband and myself were learning sign language with our daughter who went deaf after having very strong chemo therapy for cancer. We all were learning together and doing very well! My daughter passed away when she was eight. But I still sit and sign to her so I continue to remember how to sign, but I only learned what she did in those very short 8 yrs I want to go back to sign language classes again! But I don’t want a teacher who will just push and push you know? I want a teacher who will take their time and make sure I’m getting it!! Again I’m so happy that your Dad is doing his signing for you! You are so right about the parents who never learn to sign to their deaf child and I just don’t know how they can do that to the child , I would be so angry if my parents would have done that to me if I were deaf. I hope you keep going with your channel because it is great!! Wish my daughter were here to see this it would have made her so happy!! God Bless you and your family stay safe and well💕💕🙏🙏🤟
Both of you are precious! Ignore complainers and continue to communicate ANY way you want to! THAT is what is important! I LOVE your efforts and your videos!
Ashley, I took ASL 1 in High school, but it’s been many years and I now work in a restaurant and would love to communicate with my deaf tables. Where is the best place to go to learn? Videos to watch, etc. Reading sign is harder for me as most deaf people are so fast and I’m too slow. I love watching your videos. Thank you for helping us all understand more.
OMGoodness, folks can be so rude. I LOVE the way your dad signs and how your entire family communicates!! Your channel and your family's willingness to appear and speak about their experiences is beautiful and has been a blessing to me. Thanks to all of you!! Blessings and joy from TEXAS. 💗😊✝️
Such a perfect video!! I love when you use your voice and u were so clear on a couple of words I heard! Your dad is sooooo right, I loved his comment. People are so judgemental because they're unhappy in their own lives and jealous of the love you share! I loved the "monday morning quarterback" comment. These rude people don't have a clue as to what they'd do in your dad's shoes! God bless your whole family!! I hope you all are well in this craziness😍🤟
I think it’s fantastic that your folks took the time to learn to communicate with you!!! None of us are perfect, whether we sign, or speak! Blessings to you, and your family..thanks for all you do to help us learn ASL.. 😊
Your video made me cry!!! I have a great relationship with my dad as well-he’s like my best friend. I’m so glad you were blessed with that as well! I can see how happy you guys are talking together. ❤️❤️
I'm so confused why anyone would criticize. It's none of our business. Some people greet each other with a secret hand shake or a certain phrase only for them. Don't explain yourselves just ignore the stupidity. Not worth the energy ❤
You can tell he truly loves you. That is what matters. Whether or not he signs perfectly isn’t important. He try’s his best because he cares about you, loves you, & wants to be a part of your life no-matter what. He should be proud as he has raised a daughter that is not only smart, but beautiful inside and out.
I really love your videos especially with your dad. He is signing with his heart! Expressive! I totally agree that language is for communication. Actually no one can be perfect about languages. I am Japanese but I do not speak "Perfect" Japanese. NO NO! I just speak MY Japanese :) I love people trying to talk to me in Japanese. My English is not perfect at all but people understand me during my tour in Japan and we are happy because we enjoy our communication. I also realize people sign in many different ways. This video is very very helpful and encourages me learning ASL more. Arigatou.
Thank you for sharing. I think that having an appreciation for your dads effort and encouraging him rather than correcting has fostered his love to communicate with you. At least, it would with me :) and it encourages me to try to communicate with others while I am learning! I only hope I am lucky enough to find someone as patient as you!
I think your relationship is amazing and beautiful, you truly are blessed! I had a question about language development because I am an interpreting student, how come your dad isn’t fluent? From my experience being in the Deaf community the more fluent I and my classmates become? So If I was living with a Deaf person I feel like I would be close to fluent! I’m curious to hear you thoughts!
You guys have an amazing relationship, with obviously clear and heart felt communication 🥰. You both show so much pride in each other. If the communication works for you both, there are zero problems/Issues. It's not like he's giving ASL lessons or signing up to be a professional interpreter🤷♀️ he's simply chilling with his daughter. It's no one's business. I love his smile and his confidence 🙌 he's as solid as a rock, so caring and you're very blessed to have him 😊👍
I'm a CODA and I think its amazing that your family has made an effort to communicate with you. I know so many of my moms friends who are deaf and have hearing children they cant really communicate with. imagine that? I also have deaf friends who grew up either in a household where noone signed but they however went to a school for the deaf. I also have a friend who went to main stream schooli ng and knew no ASL at all. He is hard of hearing. I met him at Gallaudet University. Before year two he was a beast !! There is a lot when it comes to families with deaf family members. Its hard for everyone. but you are def a blessed one to have the family you have. Eff the people commenting. They obviously don't know anything!!
This like made me cry, you guys are so awesome. Ashley thank you for being inclusive, patient, and understanding, and willing to teach us to better communicate. I really appreciate your channel and all that you guys do. God bless each of you.❤🌼
You have an awesome and loving Dad, Ashley. Please don’t stress over this ridiculous comment issue - this is really the least thing you should worry about. Focus on staying healthy and happy with your lovely family!
It is a blessing Ashley, but I also know where they’re coming from. They want to know why the dad doesn’t know the language of his daughter, and that’s understandable, considering SEE is not ASL. But as long as you guys can communicate, I see it as a blessing. 😍
I don't get the deaf communities love of ASL because it is based of French I believe? I took a SEE class and it made a lot more sense to me. Why would I sign in a way that is different then the language I speak ? Maybe you can answer that one for me Ashley ?
Sondan Because ASL and English are two different languages, so they have different grammars and different roots... It‘s not just english but without sound... it‘s a different language...
This makes me so sad. I love seeing these videos of you and your dad. There's so much love between the two of you and it's obvious he does his best. I truly don't understand why anyone would feel the need to criticise that.
How dare anyone criticize his ability to sign. They're both amazing people and should be proud of themselves for their ability to communicate so effectively. Shame on anyone who would criticize them in that capacity. Keep helping the world y'all ,we appreciate your help in educating us.
I have deaf clients that I use my cryptic sign language with. They say it’s fine and they understand me. They are very forgiving- so my signing continues to improve.
His signing is great! People should NOT be criticizing your family who is trying their best, they should be criticizing the families who don't make any effort to learn sign. He seems so sweet.
I feel a similar way with communicating with my parents. They learned English and made sure it was my primary language. When they speak English, their have their own distinct mash-up of grammar and an accent that was also just normal for me to hear and understand. Nowadays, they text and type the same way. Thank you for doing this and showing that our loved ones putting in effort is what matters the most. Putting this experience into the word helps broaden people's horizons. It's really on them to work through their ignorance and/or intolerance.
I really want to learn sign as my boyfriend is deaf 100% when he takes his hearing aids out he can't hear me or if I'm in bed and I want him to do something I want to sign it to him so he can't keep putting his hearing aids in all the time for short times but I see my boyfriend signing to his deaf friends in time the whole time I was looking at him try to understand signing I wanna learn been looking at videos how to sign zz it will be easier for me to communicate with my boyfriend I'd he his hearing aids play around And when he don't have them in xx
Anddddd the best guest star is back! Understanding, communication, and support is so much more important than another person's opinions. Thank you for uploading this despite being nervous!
Appreciate your relationship! I've been learning for 4 years and watching your Dad sign is my speed. I am blessed watching him and you. Praise God for your hearts and love demonstrated. I very much appreciate your videos
It’s like an immigrant parent raising a child in the country they immigrated to. For example, my parents are Mexican and raised me in the United States. They don’t speak perfect English and have accents. Luckily, I’ve never had anyone openly make fun of my parents’ accents, but I know I’d feel horrible if anyone did.
"You don't have to be fluent to be able to communicate" Thanks for sharing, I love your videos. Currently I'm learning SIBI and BISINDO (Indonesian sign language), I want to be able to talk with my deaf friends. Wish me luck.
I think it's fantastic that he learnt (and is still learning). Learning a second language isn't easy for an adult. As they said, its communication that matters so as long as they understand each other
What a beautiful family you have. And what a great teacher you are, Ashley. Thank you for sharing your dad with us and showing how it's okay to be Imperfect. Just trying to learn, with heart. ❤️
The criticism is so bizarre. Imagine, its 1990, you have three young children to bring up, and the doctor says to you, btw, your child's first language, and only language will be Serbian. There's some classes here for Serbian and here's a support group. You'll probs spend a 2 hours a week at these groups max. The main way you'll learn is by self study, and practising with your family, who at this point also don't speak any Serbian. In fact, you'll be teaching them. 30 years later, the whole family is fluent and able to communicate in Serbian. That's fantastic! And yeah, you'd expect an accent, grammar issues and limited or invented vocab. Because it's a self taught second language primarily used with people who learnt in the same way/from you.
As a person trying to learn ASL without anybody to work with one-on-one having your Dad both speak and sign and go at a speed that he is doing is very helpful indeed for those, at least me, trying to learn. Thanks for this great video, please make more like this. There is so much more than just reading through the ASL dictionary 3 times cover to cover and videos like this where your father isn't going super fast is very helpful.One of the main problems with your other videos is that you are obviously so much better, and faster, than people just learning and someone like me needs (finds very useful) someone who can both speak (so I can hear) and do the sign at the same time. Again more videos like this would be very helpful for teaching people who don't know or interact with deaf individuals on a daily or regular basis and want to learn. Good day & God Bless...
I'm an ASL 1 student and I just found your channel recently. I have already picked up a lot of signs from your videos just by watching you and your family sign. I'm obviously not even close to fluent yet but I still think your dad signs great! I'm trying to learn the most I can but my class is very slow paced. There is a Deaf man at the nursing facility my grandpa is at and I saw him sign thank you one day so I went up and started signing with him and although I didn't understand everything I could tell he was very patient and understanding. That was a few weeks ago and since then I have tried to learn the most I can and I learned a lot of questions and conversational phrases so that I could ask him things. He's a super kind and patient person and I feel bad because I asked him if anybody signs with him and he said no. It made me really upset to know that he has to try to lip read and write things down because nobody knows sign or cares enough to learn or get an interpreter for him. I always make sure I at least sign for a few minutes with him every time I go so he can feel included too!
I loved this video. I’m just starting to learn sign language. It’s so great you have him as your dad, that’s real love and the people who criticize him, they are just jealous because they will never be as good as him. Good keep blessing you and your family. Thank you for the videos. I like how you teach. Thank you. Thank you so much.
I just found your video on UA-cam. Don't worry about the people who criticize you. I am slowly picking up sign language, but it is too fast for me. Keep the videos coming!
Your dad is so cool for doing his best to sign. My parents are immigrants and even though they lived amongst English speaking people for over 30 decades, they're also not super "fluent" in English. Criticizers really don't understand how different it is for some to learn a whole language without classes and daily practice with a teacher. You guys are so awesome and I hope to be able to get better at signing. 😊
Thank you SOOO MUCH for sharing your experience and your father’s as well. You guys are blessed and fantastic. Ignore people criticizing, they don’t understand your reality and what really matters. Have a wonderful week! Kisses from Brazil.
It's so crazy that people think it's ok to criticize anyone for trying to do ANYTHING that is different than what they already know. Learning a new language can be very hard. Some people may never "perfect" it. What matters is that 1) They are trying to better their relationship with someone else by trying to communicate and 2) They are trying to better themselves by expanding their horizons. The only thing that matters is that y'all understand each other. It's so very clear that you have an amazing relationship with your dad and y'all communicate better than some of us hearing people manage to do with our parents. Shame on anyone that has anything negative to say about your family and how they communicate with you. And thank you very much for being so open with us and helping us learn your language.
I just don't understand one has to justify how one communicates within one's family. Even among speaking families, if one is born to foreign parents of different mother tongue, the children will grow up used to hearing their parents making mistakes when talking/writing... I don't understand what is the big deal as long as everyone in the family feels able to express own feelings & thought and knows to be understood. If people criticise, it's because they don't understand and have had limited experiences... so, nice of you to share with them your experience for these people to learn how different families may be across the globe in different circumstances and surroundings, but no need to justify yourself or members of your family.
Thanks for being so encouraging. Learning any new language is a challenge...of course it is! But trying is the key so criticizing people who make mistakes is just ignorant! UA-cam can really be a place that people anonymously criticize...who cares what they think! Don’t take it to heart...that’s their own negativity they’re trying to spread. Don’t let it creep into your world.❤️
Using your voice helps the hearing person to better understand even though your voice is not clear. We, (the hearing person), can hear the syllabuses pronounced by far better as opposed to if or when they are signed. I have found this video very helpful. Thank you :D
I like the way your dad signs because it's easier for me to understand since its a little slower (still really fast though) and he says the words in the order he signs. I think it is helpful for me as a new ASL learner to recognize individual words that way. I know it's not perhaps "the right" way and that is fine with me. But also I think that communicating and understanding each other is way more important than signing perfectly. I would love to be able to sign at his level, so fast, and able to communicate with a deaf person so that they can understand me. Also I love these interview interaction videos because it helps me to see what signing looks like in every day life. Everytime I watch one of these videos I feel I learn so much about ASL communication and different words. It reminds me of talking to my grandfather in Spanish. Spanish is not my first language so my spanish is very broken and sometimes I mix up the order of words and tenses but at the end of the day my grandparents understand what I am trying to say and we can have a good conversation. I try with Spanish and they try with English sometimes. It's about meeting in the middle and most important thing is making that connection with someone which I definitely think you can do regardless of how fluent one person is versus the other. Thanks so much for all your videos! I love your families relationships. Also I am a believer as well and the way you guys conduct yourselves and respond to criticism with grace is a great encouragement. Thank you!
Your signs look fine pretty good that great ashley video look at sound perfect so glad glad !! No shy about it l am respectfully to you be care of your help make your happy time ! I am so proud to your own signs brave ! I cheer you👋
My parents were told when I was little that they would pick up slang signing. I would have assumed that was what your dad was doing. I think he's doing really well. Like you said communication is what you need and you have that!!!
I have been following you and your sister forever on Instagram...her because of the running and you because I've been learning ASL, I had never put it together till today! Love the videos!
@trackclubbabe You're welcome, and very funny! :) Also I started following you when I was in college still racing and started following you're sister a few years after I left! So awesome!! I appreciate both of your posts, you and your sister.
Totally support you and your family. I have no problem with your dad at all ;) some may have there option s that OK. But in the end you have a very positive family x
Some of us hearing people will never sign perfectly, but your dad looks like he's trying his 100% best to communicate with you, and that's good enough
I love him. He seem like a great father. You can tell he is trying very hard!
He is, so cute!
He seems like he'd learn Spanish backwards if it meant communicating with you.
I can’t believe people are criticizing that!! As you mentioned, having a family that signs -even if it’s exact English signs - is a blessing!! THANK YOU for sharing your videos with us, THANK YOU for sharing your family with us. There are so many good people out here who support you always and don’t criticize you. Sometimes the few bad comments seem to weigh more than the good ones. Don’t let them take away your peace and happiness that you always share with us :)
I was thinking the same thing, shame on them!!
@@YamelaineGarcia is it the hearing community or some of the deaf community as well !??
Hello. I’m deaf. I would have given anything to be able to sign with my family. It saddens me sometimes how a few people in deaf culture get specific with this. I get people wanting to ensure ASL is respected as a proper language and all but I must say it does hurt when people comment about things that miss the point.
The point is that you can communicate. The point is that you feel respected by your father, mother , sisters or anyone else in your life. The point is that we try our best and THAT is what should be celebrated. Because what’s worse is to not try, to not show up.
You see what I’m saying right. These kind of comments would deeply deeply bother me. I don’t feel happy people have said things like this but please know not all deaf people try to be super perfect or exclusive. And a lot of people who have the time of day to add feedback like that have a level of privlage maybe there not as aware of. Ash you know what matters. Your very smart. You know what matters at the end of the day. Love you and your family. Wishing y’all the best and good vibes.
@@adrian-linisteanghel750 total agree with all u are saying
thunderstrike2525 odinson thank you very much. I hope ash and others know it’s not worth people’s judgment. She’s strong and smart and gives me a laugh and happiness. Plus I think it’s just amazing when someone tries. That is what counts. I don’t use my voice at all. It’s lonely. I couldn’t care less if the sign isn’t perfect haha I am so uplifted just because someone tried !!
I think that's silly for people to criticize her dad's signing. It's not his first language 💁🏻♂️
That's like criticizing parents for having an accent or incorrect grammar in English when their first language was Korean, or Spanish, or something else.
This is such a good point.
Hi Ashley! Your dad’s signing is great! People who criticize you don’t realize you guys have your own language and way of communicating that works for you! That’s what matters, and your dad’s singing is great! Im super impressed with his signing. Thanks for making these videos. I think you have such a truthful and positive message!
You are also a great teacher
I see no problem here. they’re communicating with each other and they both understand each other so why are people giving them a hard time 🤷🏽♀️
Ashley you are so beautiful when you are around your Dad because you just beam with happiness. SCREW THE HATERS !!
Yes second that
Dear Ashley, as a guy who works with deafs for lot of years, it is so rare thing to find any families who try to learn signs. So, I can say you are blessed with such a communication. Other thing is: there are always some "home signs" all the deafs and hearing use just inside their family. Same as some deaf schools have their "own" signs no one outside can understand. We even play game sometimes with my pupils: if somebody doesn't understand sign, I finger-spell that word, and then group show their signs. As a guys from different schools and towns, we always got 2-3 signs. Pupil always felt a real happiness anytime they found new signs, or how different and colourful can be some signs. P.S sorry for bad English
This comment made me say WOW! 😍
Bad english? Well we all understood what you said... same goes with the Ashley's dad... Like you said, to each, their own signs
I think your dad is great at singing and he’s very expressive because he loves doing it. Sign language is one of those languages where being passionate makes it more fun to do/speak. When I’m sign I don’t get into it as much as your dad does but that’s ok because everyone is different.
Who has a problem? 🤔 Y'all need to chill and leave his beautiful family alone.
Proud of ur dad, I would love to learn that language, and he didnt give up even with his mistakes, some just stop doing what they love cause of criticism but happy that he continues sign language isnt a easy one
Love you AND your dad. As long as you two can communicate everyone else can kick rocks.
Your dad is adorable.
My brother is hard of hearing and growing up we learned sign (he was born in the late 90s) I remember really corny VHS videos and going to some beginner family classes since there's a deaf community where I grew up. My dad went to college to learn. I didnt realize so many hearing parents didnt learn or teach sign to their deaf children until I became an adult and it mortified me. Communication and expression is a necessity for everyone. No one should criticize as long as you are doing your best.
I literally cried at the beauty of this video with your father. You and he have a beautiful relationship and your love and respect for each other is so obvious. Any child, hearing or deaf, would be blessed to have him for a father. And any parent would be equally blessed to have you for a daughter. You are gift to this world, Ashley.
Ashley,; HATS off to your parents who took their spare time to learn sign language for you. No matter how skill they are. Better late than never. I'm impressed with your parents' willingness to communicate with you. Cheers!
Enjoyed watching this! I can understand your Dad's signing and I am glad I learned sign language from my Mom since she taught for the school for the deaf but I am also really good at reading lips though. I was adopted from Seoul, Korea and came to America when I was 10 months old, I was born in 1982. I have been hard of hearing most of my life but in the last 10 years became profoundly deaf but was able to have right sided cochlear implant surgery on September 6, 2019 and waiting to hear about left sided cochlear implant surgery. No one is perfect and everyone signs differently but I am glad I can still understand what people are saying since I can understand most signs. I am blessed to have wonderful parents that helped me learn.
I'm learning sign for my toddler and honestly I will be thrilled if I can get to your parents level. It's not easy, especially working a full time job and learning as much as possible at night but I'm determined to do what's best for my baby.
Your father seems sweet, amazing very care free and it's completely obvious that your father loves you to no end. Please don't let TROLLS steal your guy's sunshine and stop you guys from doing these video's, there wonderful and thank you for sharing your father and yourself with the world. There's always someone who doesn't like something someone's doing out here in today's society either on this platform ( UA-cam) or grocery store, you just have to ignore them and keep going which I'm sure you already know this Ashley. ❤❤
You're amazing your parents raised you very well I see because I wouldn't of been so nice confronting those troll's and that's why I love watching your channel you're helping me learn not only how to sign but to be calm, patient and understanding. ❤❤
Thank you for this video. Ashley you look so happy around your dad, and that's what matters. So, don't care much about what others say or think. Just be yourself... God bless you.
You don't have to justify yourself to others. You communicate as you can best understand each other. I also talk to my parents with gestures. They understand me best when I speak with them. Both sides try to have a deep understanding. I turn on my voice and they speak for me with their hands. Just like you. I'm also so happy and blessed to have a deep relationship with my mom. Be blessed 😊
For crying outloud some people can't even speak their first language perfectly! There are many words I can't pronounce, I have to ask my husband what they are. You are both right the whole point is that we communicate well with the people we love.
My uncle lost his hearing(age 2) in the 1930's. He was sent away to a deaf school. The family never learned sign language beyond a few very basic words. If this family is trying, be supportive. Additionally, language is naturally acquired when we're young and that innate ability kind of switches off very early making language acquisition more difficult with age. An older person is going to have an exponentially harder time becoming conversationally fluent.
What a great father for learning to sighn.
I stumbled on to your channel after someone signed a question to me while we waited in line. I had never experienced that and did my clumsy best to reply but thought it would be nice to at least learn a simple phrase. After seeing this video with your dad and hearing a little of what your experience has been like I feel like I really learned so much more. Thank you for sharing!
You are good , and people who criticized are foolish cows...
I love the bond between family .
Soo nice soo sweet.
Stay blessed & happy...
His sign is absolutely amazing actually. I’ve been learning for about 4 years but I’m still not even fluent. No where near it 😂 but it’s so cool that I learned so much from just watching this video 😳
You know Ashley you have really inspired me to sign even though I can speak and there is a woman at Walmart that is deaf but I wanted to know more about her world and then before we got into this lock down I saw a guy being mean to her he was trying to find something down the aisle she was on and got frustrated with her and then I got really mad at the guy and he knew not to do that again. Thank you Ashley again for your inspiration
"Talking with my voice is fun." Something about that hits different.
I've never looked at it that way before. That something so natural for me and most other people would be exciting for others.
Thanks for sharing this, I'm learning so much from you.
I just found your channel and I wanted to let you know that your family is awesome. I wasn’t aware that some parents of deaf children never try to learn sign language. I had some friends in high school that were deaf, and I tried learning as much as I could from them to be able to communicate. People need to learn to keep their comments to themselves if they have nothing nice to say...and your dad should be proud that he’s working at learning as much as he can.
This video brought a tear to my eye. I love it. So much love in 20 minutes ❤️❤️❤️
😀 I’m a parent of 2 teenage boys. I’ve enjoyed seeing your Dad in your videos. I’m late deafened. He signs better than me. But hey I’m working on it
Thank you for this video. I think you’re all wonderful. I’ve learned sign language for three years now with my 3-year old and can understand only a smidge of what your father is able to sign!!! His dedication is inspiring. I’m half-deaf and wear hearing aids and I really want to learn more!!!!
....Thanks Ashley for sharing your thoughts, I just subscribed to your channel and I'll do my best to learn from you, In my line of work Ive met many people who sign and I always feel left out, it would be great to actually being able to communicate with them. You're inspiring!
You k ow what!! Your dad said the same things that i was gonna write here, Your dad its an angel his amazing and it dosent matter how do you communicate with each other what matter its that you guys understand , im puertorican my husban its chinese and my kids where born in hawaii . Theres a lot a culture involve , MY ADVISES dont read the comment and please continue doing this , my kid its autistic and he was non verbal hes 3 years old bow and because of people like you (singing) you help and you help my kid and thats what matters parent do the impossible for their childrens , not in my wildest dream i thougth i was gonna have to learn ASL and i appreciate this channel. Thanks again forget about criticism. Its not worth the amazing things you do. God bless you .
Oh I just love your Dad!! He is doing very well learning! You two communicate very well!! My husband and myself were learning sign language with our daughter who went deaf after having very strong chemo therapy for cancer. We all were learning together and doing very well! My daughter passed away when she was eight. But I still sit and sign to her so I continue to remember how to sign, but I only learned what she did in those very short 8 yrs I want to go back to sign language classes again! But I don’t want a teacher who will just push and push you know? I want a teacher who will take their time and make sure I’m getting it!! Again I’m so happy that your Dad is doing his signing for you! You are so right about the parents who never learn to sign to their deaf child and I just don’t know how they can do that to the child , I would be so angry if my parents would have done that to me if I were deaf. I hope you keep going with your channel because it is great!! Wish my daughter were here to see this it would have made her so happy!! God Bless you and your family stay safe and well💕💕🙏🙏🤟
Both of you are precious! Ignore complainers and continue to communicate ANY way you want to! THAT is what is important! I LOVE your efforts and your videos!
Ashley, I took ASL 1 in High school, but it’s been many years and I now work in a restaurant and would love to communicate with my deaf tables. Where is the best place to go to learn? Videos to watch, etc. Reading sign is harder for me as most deaf people are so fast and I’m too slow. I love watching your videos. Thank you for helping us all understand more.
OMGoodness, folks can be so rude. I LOVE the way your dad signs and how your entire family communicates!! Your channel and your family's willingness to appear and speak about their experiences is beautiful and has been a blessing to me. Thanks to all of you!! Blessings and joy from TEXAS. 💗😊✝️
you guys are sooo cute, I can see how close you are as well
From what I see your dad is doing great signing. I think as long as you know what your dad is trying to say to you is all that matters.
Such a perfect video!! I love when you use your voice and u were so clear on a couple of words I heard! Your dad is sooooo right, I loved his comment. People are so judgemental because they're unhappy in their own lives and jealous of the love you share! I loved the "monday morning quarterback" comment. These rude people don't have a clue as to what they'd do in your dad's shoes! God bless your whole family!! I hope you all are well in this craziness😍🤟
I think it’s fantastic that your folks took the time to learn to communicate with you!!! None of us are perfect, whether we sign, or speak! Blessings to you, and your family..thanks for all you do to help us learn ASL.. 😊
Your video made me cry!!! I have a great relationship with my dad as well-he’s like my best friend. I’m so glad you were blessed with that as well! I can see how happy you guys are talking together. ❤️❤️
I'm so confused why anyone would criticize. It's none of our business. Some people greet each other with a secret hand shake or a certain phrase only for them. Don't explain yourselves just ignore the stupidity. Not worth the energy ❤
How dare they criticize you're dad's signing.
I'm mad
the main purpose of language is to communicate and understand. i have my pet peeves too, but i dunno why ppl like to criticize other ppl languages.
You can tell he truly loves you. That is what matters. Whether or not he signs perfectly isn’t important. He try’s his best because he cares about you, loves you, & wants to be a part of your life no-matter what. He should be proud as he has raised a daughter that is not only smart, but beautiful inside and out.
I really love your videos especially with your dad. He is signing with his heart! Expressive! I totally agree that language is for communication. Actually no one can be perfect about languages. I am Japanese but I do not speak "Perfect" Japanese. NO NO! I just speak MY Japanese :) I love people trying to talk to me in Japanese. My English is not perfect at all but people understand me during my tour in Japan and we are happy because we enjoy our communication. I also realize people sign in many different ways. This video is very very helpful and encourages me learning ASL more. Arigatou.
Thank you for sharing. I think that having an appreciation for your dads effort and encouraging him rather than correcting has fostered his love to communicate with you. At least, it would with me :) and it encourages me to try to communicate with others while I am learning! I only hope I am lucky enough to find someone as patient as you!
I think your relationship is amazing and beautiful, you truly are blessed! I had a question about language development because I am an interpreting student, how come your dad isn’t fluent? From my experience being in the Deaf community the more fluent I and my classmates become? So If I was living with a Deaf person I feel like I would be close to fluent! I’m curious to hear you thoughts!
Hey Ashley, how'd you learn sign language? I would love to learn sign language.
Seriously
You guys have an amazing relationship, with obviously clear and heart felt communication 🥰. You both show so much pride in each other. If the communication works for you both, there are zero problems/Issues. It's not like he's giving ASL lessons or signing up to be a professional interpreter🤷♀️ he's simply chilling with his daughter. It's no one's business. I love his smile and his confidence 🙌 he's as solid as a rock, so caring and you're very blessed to have him 😊👍
I'm a CODA and I think its amazing that your family has made an effort to communicate with you. I know so many of my moms friends who are deaf and have hearing children they cant really communicate with. imagine that? I also have deaf friends who grew up either in a household where noone signed but they however went to a school for the deaf. I also have a friend who went to main stream schooli ng and knew no ASL at all. He is hard of hearing. I met him at Gallaudet University. Before year two he was a beast !! There is a lot when it comes to families with deaf family members. Its hard for everyone. but you are def a blessed one to have the family you have. Eff the people commenting. They obviously don't know anything!!
This like made me cry, you guys are so awesome. Ashley thank you for being inclusive, patient, and understanding, and willing to teach us to better communicate. I really appreciate your channel and all that you guys do. God bless each of you.❤🌼
Your father signs, that is amazing. You have a wonderful family be proud. Why would you even address any naysayers. Your videos are amazing.
You have an awesome and loving Dad, Ashley. Please don’t stress over this ridiculous comment issue - this is really the least thing you should worry about. Focus on staying healthy and happy with your lovely family!
It is a blessing Ashley, but I also know where they’re coming from. They want to know why the dad doesn’t know the language of his daughter, and that’s understandable, considering SEE is not ASL. But as long as you guys can communicate, I see it as a blessing. 😍
What video's have you been watching that he doesn't know the language of his OWN CHILD. STOP
Love him, love these videos, so inspiring
I don't get the deaf communities love of ASL because it is based of French I believe? I took a SEE class and it made a lot more sense to me. Why would I sign in a way that is different then the language I speak ? Maybe you can answer that one for me Ashley ?
Sondan Because ASL and English are two different languages, so they have different grammars and different roots... It‘s not just english but without sound... it‘s a different language...
All that matters is you guys love and are able to communicate this . Keep up the great work Ashely! !!!!
This makes me so sad. I love seeing these videos of you and your dad. There's so much love between the two of you and it's obvious he does his best. I truly don't understand why anyone would feel the need to criticise that.
Considering the stats on how many fathers do not bother to learn it at all, I would say that you are a lucky woman to have such a loving father.
How dare anyone criticize his ability to sign. They're both amazing people and should be proud of themselves for their ability to communicate so effectively. Shame on anyone who would criticize them in that capacity. Keep helping the world y'all ,we appreciate your help in educating us.
I have deaf clients that I use my cryptic sign language with. They say it’s fine and they understand me. They are very forgiving- so my signing continues to improve.
His signing is great! People should NOT be criticizing your family who is trying their best, they should be criticizing the families who don't make any effort to learn sign. He seems so sweet.
What a lovely family and what a great Dad! Shame on anyone who criticizes.
I feel a similar way with communicating with my parents. They learned English and made sure it was my primary language. When they speak English, their have their own distinct mash-up of grammar and an accent that was also just normal for me to hear and understand. Nowadays, they text and type the same way.
Thank you for doing this and showing that our loved ones putting in effort is what matters the most. Putting this experience into the word helps broaden people's horizons. It's really on them to work through their ignorance and/or intolerance.
God bless your dad he is so sweet and he makes my heart so happy hug him for me!
Your dad seems to be a lovely human being, may God give him many more years of happiness!! :)
I think your dad is awesome. this was a very sweet video.
I really want to learn sign as my boyfriend is deaf 100% when he takes his hearing aids out he can't hear me or if I'm in bed and I want him to do something I want to sign it to him so he can't keep putting his hearing aids in all the time for short times but I see my boyfriend signing to his deaf friends in time the whole time I was looking at him try to understand signing I wanna learn been looking at videos how to sign zz it will be easier for me to communicate with my boyfriend I'd he his hearing aids play around
And when he don't have them in xx
Jesus, this is all a single sentence
Learn to sign.
@@arsey1833 She forgot the period.
Moon Rising where?? It’s a paragraph and there isn’t a period anywhere, its in-cohesive
Yeah, you have to learn how to sign. And learn basic writing skills too.
Anddddd the best guest star is back! Understanding, communication, and support is so much more important than another person's opinions. Thank you for uploading this despite being nervous!
Appreciate your relationship! I've been learning for 4 years and watching your Dad sign is my speed. I am blessed watching him and you. Praise God for your hearts and love demonstrated. I very much appreciate your videos
It’s like an immigrant parent raising a child in the country they immigrated to. For example, my parents are Mexican and raised me in the United States. They don’t speak perfect English and have accents. Luckily, I’ve never had anyone openly make fun of my parents’ accents, but I know I’d feel horrible if anyone did.
that is the PERFECT example! ;-)
"You don't have to be fluent to be able to communicate"
Thanks for sharing, I love your videos. Currently I'm learning SIBI and BISINDO (Indonesian sign language), I want to be able to talk with my deaf friends. Wish me luck.
I think it's fantastic that he learnt (and is still learning). Learning a second language isn't easy for an adult. As they said, its communication that matters so as long as they understand each other
What a beautiful family you have. And what a great teacher you are, Ashley. Thank you for sharing your dad with us and showing how it's okay to be Imperfect. Just trying to learn, with heart. ❤️
The criticism is so bizarre. Imagine, its 1990, you have three young children to bring up, and the doctor says to you, btw, your child's first language, and only language will be Serbian. There's some classes here for Serbian and here's a support group. You'll probs spend a 2 hours a week at these groups max. The main way you'll learn is by self study, and practising with your family, who at this point also don't speak any Serbian. In fact, you'll be teaching them.
30 years later, the whole family is fluent and able to communicate in Serbian. That's fantastic! And yeah, you'd expect an accent, grammar issues and limited or invented vocab. Because it's a self taught second language primarily used with people who learnt in the same way/from you.
As a person trying to learn ASL without anybody to work with one-on-one having your Dad both speak and sign and go at a speed that he is doing is very helpful indeed for those, at least me, trying to learn. Thanks for this great video, please make more like this. There is so much more than just reading through the ASL dictionary 3 times cover to cover and videos like this where your father isn't going super fast is very helpful.One of the main problems with your other videos is that you are obviously so much better, and faster, than people just learning and someone like me needs (finds very useful) someone who can both speak (so I can hear) and do the sign at the same time. Again more videos like this would be very helpful for teaching people who don't know or interact with deaf individuals on a daily or regular basis and want to learn. Good day & God Bless...
I'm an ASL 1 student and I just found your channel recently. I have already picked up a lot of signs from your videos just by watching you and your family sign. I'm obviously not even close to fluent yet but I still think your dad signs great! I'm trying to learn the most I can but my class is very slow paced. There is a Deaf man at the nursing facility my grandpa is at and I saw him sign thank you one day so I went up and started signing with him and although I didn't understand everything I could tell he was very patient and understanding. That was a few weeks ago and since then I have tried to learn the most I can and I learned a lot of questions and conversational phrases so that I could ask him things. He's a super kind and patient person and I feel bad because I asked him if anybody signs with him and he said no. It made me really upset to know that he has to try to lip read and write things down because nobody knows sign or cares enough to learn or get an interpreter for him. I always make sure I at least sign for a few minutes with him every time I go so he can feel included too!
0:30 This was my exact reaction to finding out about the criticism. You have a great dad and family.
I loved this video. I’m just starting to learn sign language. It’s so great you have him as your dad, that’s real love and the people who criticize him, they are just jealous because they will never be as good as him. Good keep blessing you and your family.
Thank you for the videos. I like how you teach. Thank you. Thank you so much.
I just found your video on UA-cam. Don't worry about the people who criticize you. I am slowly picking up sign language, but it is too fast for me. Keep the videos coming!
Your dad is so cool for doing his best to sign. My parents are immigrants and even though they lived amongst English speaking people for over 30 decades, they're also not super "fluent" in English. Criticizers really don't understand how different it is for some to learn a whole language without classes and daily practice with a teacher. You guys are so awesome and I hope to be able to get better at signing. 😊
Thank you SOOO MUCH for sharing your experience and your father’s as well. You guys are blessed and fantastic. Ignore people criticizing, they don’t understand your reality and what really matters. Have a wonderful week! Kisses from Brazil.
It's so crazy that people think it's ok to criticize anyone for trying to do ANYTHING that is different than what they already know. Learning a new language can be very hard. Some people may never "perfect" it. What matters is that 1) They are trying to better their relationship with someone else by trying to communicate and 2) They are trying to better themselves by expanding their horizons. The only thing that matters is that y'all understand each other. It's so very clear that you have an amazing relationship with your dad and y'all communicate better than some of us hearing people manage to do with our parents. Shame on anyone that has anything negative to say about your family and how they communicate with you. And thank you very much for being so open with us and helping us learn your language.
I just don't understand one has to justify how one communicates within one's family. Even among speaking families, if one is born to foreign parents of different mother tongue, the children will grow up used to hearing their parents making mistakes when talking/writing... I don't understand what is the big deal as long as everyone in the family feels able to express own feelings & thought and knows to be understood. If people criticise, it's because they don't understand and have had limited experiences... so, nice of you to share with them your experience for these people to learn how different families may be across the globe in different circumstances and surroundings, but no need to justify yourself or members of your family.
Thanks for being so encouraging. Learning any new language is a challenge...of course it is! But trying is the key so criticizing people who make mistakes is just ignorant! UA-cam can really be a place that people anonymously criticize...who cares what they think! Don’t take it to heart...that’s their own negativity they’re trying to spread. Don’t let it creep into your world.❤️
Using your voice helps the hearing person to better understand even though your voice is not clear. We, (the hearing person), can hear the syllabuses pronounced by far better as opposed to if or when they are signed. I have found this video very helpful. Thank you :D
I like the way your dad signs because it's easier for me to understand since its a little slower (still really fast though) and he says the words in the order he signs. I think it is helpful for me as a new ASL learner to recognize individual words that way. I know it's not perhaps "the right" way and that is fine with me. But also I think that communicating and understanding each other is way more important than signing perfectly. I would love to be able to sign at his level, so fast, and able to communicate with a deaf person so that they can understand me. Also I love these interview interaction videos because it helps me to see what signing looks like in every day life. Everytime I watch one of these videos I feel I learn so much about ASL communication and different words. It reminds me of talking to my grandfather in Spanish. Spanish is not my first language so my spanish is very broken and sometimes I mix up the order of words and tenses but at the end of the day my grandparents understand what I am trying to say and we can have a good conversation. I try with Spanish and they try with English sometimes. It's about meeting in the middle and most important thing is making that connection with someone which I definitely think you can do regardless of how fluent one person is versus the other. Thanks so much for all your videos! I love your families relationships. Also I am a believer as well and the way you guys conduct yourselves and respond to criticism with grace is a great encouragement. Thank you!
I speak Spanish I found myself eavesdropping on the conversation in the background
Your signs look fine pretty good that great ashley video look at sound perfect so glad glad !! No shy about it l am respectfully to you be care of your help make your happy time ! I am so proud to your own signs brave ! I cheer you👋
My parents were told when I was little that they would pick up slang signing. I would have assumed that was what your dad was doing.
I think he's doing really well. Like you said communication is what you need and you have that!!!
I have been following you and your sister forever on Instagram...her because of the running and you because I've been learning ASL, I had never put it together till today! Love the videos!
oh my goodness! thank you for the love! ;-) how funny that you didn't realize before today that we were sisters!
@trackclubbabe You're welcome, and very funny! :) Also I started following you when I was in college still racing and started following you're sister a few years after I left! So awesome!! I appreciate both of your posts, you and your sister.
Leave him alone, he loves his daughter...Hes more of a man than alot dudes I know..
You use your voice around your dad and it is the way I wish you taught us, easier to understand listening to you and watching you sign!
I think it's great what your doing and sharing your story with us. I really appreciate it and it encourages me to continue to sign n try n get btr. ❣
Totally support you and your family. I have no problem with your dad at all ;) some may have there option s that OK. But in the end you have a very positive family x
Yayyyy you posted the longer video as well
Don't think or worried about , what those foolish people say...
You are doing good&perfect ....