DeafPeopleProblems

You all know I don’t make personal posts often, but the time has come for me to write about this person I knew in 2013/2014.

TW for consent violations and sexual activity.

I met Sean Meehan sometime in 2013 (I don’t remember exactly when- curse you ADHD brain). Anyway, we met on a dating site and both agreed it would be a hook up and nothing more. He drove to my apartment and I consented to sex.

We then hung out for a bit and went to have sex again and this time he mentioned about not wearing a condom. I balked at this and he said it was fine because he couldn’t have kids because of having had cancer previously and the radiation left him sterile and he had been tested for std’s. Me being a very naive 22 year old at the time fell for it and let it happen even though my mental alarm bells went off and I felt a great deal of anxiety the entire time. I brushed it off, not fully realizing what had happened.

Fast forward a few months and he asked to meet up again. I agreed and this time he also did the no condom thing and I again let it happen, like an idiot. Again I felt gross and disgusting and still couldn’t put my finger on why. I have some pretty severe anxiety/guilt issues anyway so I just internalized everything. Fast forward about a year so this is 2014 he invited me to hang out with him and some friends of his. While with them he constantly alluded to the fact that we’d had sex in front of the others even though it was humiliating for me, and he seemed to get off on doing that. He laughed and dismissed my discomfort.

Another woman about our age was there and Sean wanted to go to a strip club. I was fine with it, but this other woman wasn’t. She didn’t directly voice discomfort, but her body language was clear. Sean dismisses her discomfort and because she was in the car with no way back that meant she was coming too. We ended up having to leave because she didn’t have her ID.

After dropping her off at her home, he drove me to a parking lot and kissed me. I still hadn’t pinpointed the bad feelings as being his manipulation yet. He got me to perform oral by pulling my hair and pulling me down on him and actually called me a slut at this point. At this time mentally I knew I didn’t want to see him again. But I was in his car and at that point, he had the power. I smiled and pretended I was fine until he dropped me off at my car and I went home. I did see him one other time not entirely by choice, but I can’t blame him for that, it was a third party that orchestrated the meet up.

There are many many stories like mine out there. He is extremely active in the convention scene in the east Coast and regularly runs panels and events. He is best known for cosplaying as Guy Fieri and Giovanni from Pokémon. He is known for grooming underage girls, and boundary stomping. He has autism and blames that on his behavior, which is bullshit. He knows better, just chooses not to. He is a predator, plain and simple. He was fired from his last job because of lewd comments and sexual harassment.

I’m posting this on behalf of a former manager of mine. He has suffered debilitating health concerns in the last year or two. He is an older gay man who is the loving father of a little boy and who is also separating from his husband.

He is about to be homeless due to being denied disability.

Please please please donate if you can. He is an amazing person and is truly deserving of any help anyone can give.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/raising-money-for-poppy?utm_source=facebook

A close friend of mine who is a lesbian with bipolar disorder and three small children has had her electric shut off.

It is very hot here and there’s no AC. She is starting a new job on the 20th.

Her oldest child’s 9th birthday is today and he’s coming home from school to a dark house.

Please if you can spare even a dollar to help these people!

They need $151 total in order to get it back on. You can PayPal at [email protected]

disability pride is for all of us!!! 

Casual reminder that clothing is meant to not fit you exactly.

No two people on this earth have the exact same body. How do clothing companies work with that? They make clothes in different sizes in different shapes to get it as close as possible to what ‘most’ people need. 

It’s fucking sad when something doesn’t fit exactly right and a young impressionable girl has a meltdown and thinks she’s disgusting because something is cut weird and maybe highlights something about her body she doesn’t like. 

The trick? Buy it a size larger and take it in. The reason celebrities are always seen in clothes that seem to fit flawlessly even in sweatpants and t-shirts? They do this. 

There’s YouTube tutorials if you can’t afford a tailor and sewing kits can be found at the dollar store.

So the next time you shop, make sure the item is roughly the right size, perhaps slightly loose. Then alter that shit. Even the clumsiest of us (assuming disabilities don’t interfere) can manage a few stitches. And sometimes that’s all it takes for an article of clothing to look amazing. Even if you’re not comfortable sewing, my local dry cleaner will do minor alterations for a few dollars, the price depends on how extensive it is. 

french: :)

english: oh boy

french: :)

english: oh no

french: :)

english: oh geez

english: :)

french: don’t

german: :)

english: oh dear

spanish: :)

english: no don’t

spanish: :)

english: oh lordy

polish: :)

english: i changed my mind

UK english: ladybird!

american english: ladybug

french: weird

dutch: :)

french: …what

dutch: the good lord’s little animal

french: …ok

irish, polish and russian: *giggling*

french: …just tell me

Dutch: :)

English: … tell me

Finnish: :)

English: for fuck’s sake

asl: :D!

english: tell me?

So I formally took American Sign Language for 2 years because I am in High School and I feel it would be useful to share some Websites, Apps, Videos and other things for people who are interested in learning Sign Language or already know a little bit and are just looking for some links! I did not find these on my own, this is a list a teacher gave me. Hope this can be useful to people and please share so more people are aware of this post in case they are interested in learning! Thank you!

Websites:

-https://www.signingsavvy.com/

-http://lifeprint.com/

-http://aslpro.com/

-http://asl.ms/ (Fingerspelling Practice) 

-http://asl.bz/ (Numbers Practice)

-http://www.signlanguage101.com/

-http://www.deaftv.com/

-http://howyousign.com/

-http://aslized.org/ (ASL Literature)

-http://ideafnews.com/

-http://www.oicmovies.com/

Instagram:

@/asl_nyc

@/aslslam

@/signedwithheart

@/equalaccess

Facebook:

-D-Pan

-i Deaf News

-DeafTV

-Deaf Can

-Deaf rock

Apps:

-Sign Language PCS (Free)

-ASL Dictionary from NTID  ($1.99)

-Marlee Matlin Signs (Purple - Free version is limited)

-Signing Savvy (Free Dictionary)

-ASL Dictionary - Over 5,000 Signs ($6.99)

Youtube: 

-Kelly Greer (ASL Song Interpretation)

-Tiffany Hill (Hearing, Interpreter, ASL Song Interpretation)

-Amber Galloway Gallego (ASL Song Interpretation)

-CHS ASL

-ASL Nook

-Rob Nielson

-Dpan Videos

-Sean Forbes (Deaf, Co-founder of D-Pan, ASL song interpretation)

-Keith Wann (CODA, Comedian, ASL Stories)

-ASLSLAM (Short stories, Discussions, Vocabulary)

-Coda Brothers (Stories)

-Bill Vicars (Lifeprint Lessons)

Hello everyone!

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If so, consider employing my services! I transcribe and caption videos. My captions are well timed, accurate, and do not include any unnecessary commentary that would impede comprehension.

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‪Kindergarteners learned to sign “Happy Birthday” song to Deaf custodian, Mr. James.‬