Deaf/Sign Language

^_^ i'm deaf, of courser.
im 18 yearz old.

I just wonder if there are deaf students at school in japan? Hey if sign language are different? it is hard?

I almost learn how to read/write/sometime speak but itz hard to speak, right? thatz cause im deaf.

Robert,

Yes, there are hearing-impaired people in Japan too.
You can read details of Japanese sign language here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Sign_Language

I used to teach English conversation to a deaf Japanese lady. She was able to speak although not very clearly. She relied on lip-reading and things I wrote on the board to produce the sounds.

She was starting to be able to lip-read English fairly well after a year of classes.

A few times in a yoga class I took there was a deaf student- a teacher at the school was able to give her the instructions in sign language while the main teacher led the class.