My sister (25f) recently went completely deaf due to brain surgery to remove a tumor. We knew this could possibly happen during the surgery so she took some sign language classes prior to the surgery and picked it up fast and is now quite proficient in ASL. Since becoming deaf she has used ASL, lip reading, and various transcription devices to communicate. Overall it’s been a learning curve and this has been quite an adjustment for her and our whole family as we all try to learn ASL and how to best communicate with her.
I (30F) recently had a baby and I would like to raise my child to be bilingual in ASL so she can communicate with her aunt. However I am also still trying to learn it myself (and it’s not coming easily to me). Any tips of how to best start teaching this to my baby? She is only 2 months old so might be a little young, but I’m keen to start exposing her to it early (and hopefully this will help me learn too). However all the resources I look up are for “baby sign language” which seems to be aimed at communicating with babies, and not actually be ASL signs? Any tips or resources would be greatly appreciated!