How do you reference a person who is not in the same room while
you are signing? (Point to a specific location in front of you)?
If the person that you are referring to is not in the room, you
can point to a specific location in front of you. By doing so
you “set them up” or assign them that spot. This makes it easy
to continue to refer to the person by simply pointing to the
place where you set them up. Wherever you put them is where they
will stay until you change topics in the conversation, or you
assign them somewhere else. You can also set up more than one
person at a time. A cautionary word, the more people you set up,
the harder it is to remember who was where! All deaf people sign
ASL? All of those who live in America do not speak English,
those who have lost a limb do not always have a prosthetic, and
all deaf people do not use ASL. Each person adapts to their
environment differently, which is what makes us all unique
individuals. The decision to use ASL or any other form of
communication is partiall