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How to Ask a Deaf Person For a Date  
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Tags: Dating the Deaf, Asking Someone Out, Dating

Sometimes you find someone that you are not quite sure how to approach. Here is how you can ask a deaf person for a date.

	Write your name and your Instant Messenger screen name and give it to them.
	Talk to them as they might be able to read lips.
	Notice that if they hand you a little pad and pencil it means they want you to write to them as they do not understand what you are saying. It also shows they do not read lips.
	Speak to them by writing back and forth, and if you want to ask them out for coffee or coke or to a party, write it down.
	Also write that you would like to learn how to sign, and can they suggest a proper place or book to learn it from. There are different types of sign languages, so make sure you learn the one they know or understand.
	Treat them as you would any hearing person. If you want to shake hands, then just put your hand out. They are not stupid, they just cannot hear you.
	Some people can talk a bit, it is not as clear as your speech because they cannot hear how they sound. If they do talk, then just answer in any manner that they can understand.
	Do not act as if they were different or you will make them feel self-conscious.
	Many movie theaters have hearing impaired screens, so if you want to go to a movie find out if the theater has one.
	Send that person an SMS in his/her mobile phone.

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