Mwedzi Wekuzivisa Matsi Dzenyika

Kusanzwa chinhu chandanga ndisingambozivi. Mumhuri mangu, hazvisi nyore sezvazvinongoita mumhuri dzakawanda. Imhaka yekuti ndine nhengo dzemhuri nhatu dziri matsi, uye chinosetsa ndechekuti hapana matsi yadzo inogarwa nhaka, saka haimhanye mumhuri yangu. Tete vangu Pat vakaberekwa vari matsi, nemhaka yehurwere hwakabatwa naambuya vangu vachiri nepamuviri. Sekuru vangu (vanova Tete vangu baba vaPat) vakarasa kunzwa mutsaona. Uye muzukuru wangu akanga ari matsi kubva pakuzvarwa asi akatorwa naTete vangu Maggie (hanzvadzi yaTete vangu Pat uye mumwe wevanasikana vasekuru vangu) achiri musikana.

Ndichikura ndaipedza nguva yakawanda ndiine rutivi urwu rwemhuri, kunyanya mainini. Mwanasikana wake, muzukuru wangu Jen, neni tinowirirana zvikuru uye taiva shamwari dzepamwoyo tichikura. Taiva nehope nguva dzose, dzimwe nguva kwemazuva akawanda. Mainini vangu Pat vakanga vakaita saamai vechipiri kwandiri, sezvakaita amai vangu kuna Jen. Ndaiti ndikagara kumba kwavo tete Pat vaitiendesa kuzuo kana kuMcDonald's, kana kuti taihaya mafirimu aityisa kuBlockbuster toona nendiro huru yemapopcorn. Panguva idzi ndipo pandakaona kuti munhu asinganzwe kana kuti asinganzwe zviri nani kuti ataure nevashandi kana vashandi vemabhizimisi akasiyana siyana. Ini naJen tichiri vadiki, mainini vaitiendesa kunzvimbo idzi pasina mumwe munhu mukuru. Isu taiva vadiki zvekutadza kubata matransaction kana kudyidzana nevakuru, saka aifamba ari ega mamiriro aya. Ndichitarira shure, ndinoshamiswa uye ndinoonga zvikuru kuti akatiitira izvozvo.

Mainini vangu inyanzvi pakuverenga miromo, izvo zvinoita kuti vakwanise kutaura nevanhu vanonzwa zvakanaka. Asi havasi vose vanogona kumunzwisisa paanotaura nenzira iyo nhengo dzemhuri yangu neni tinokwanisa. Dzimwe nguva, vashandi vaizova nechinetso chokukurukura naye, izvo, ndine chokwadi, zvakanga zvichiodza mwoyo Tete Pat, pamwe chete navashandi. Rimwe dambudziko rakauya panguva yeCOVID-19 denda. Nemunhu wese akapfeka masiki, zvakamuomera zvakanyanya kutaura nekuti aisagona kuverenga miromo.

Zvakadaro, ndichatiwo sezvo tekinoroji yave kufambira mberi kubva kuma90s, zvave nyore kutaurirana namainini ndiri kure. Anogara kuChicago uye ini ndinogara kuColorado, asi tinotaura nguva dzose. Sezvo kutumira mameseji kwakawedzera, ndakakwanisa kutaipa kwaari nekudzoka kuti tirambe tichionana. Uye nekugadzirwa kweFaceTime anogona zvakare kuita hurukuro nemutauro wemasaini pese paanoda, chero kwaanenge ari. Ndichiri mudiki, nzira chete yekutaura namainini tisiri pachedu yaiva neteletypewriter (TTY). Chaizvoizvo, aitipa, uye mumwe munhu aitifonera otumira mameseji parunhare kumashure nekudzoka. Yakanga isiri nzira yakanaka yekutaurirana, uye takangoishandisa munjodzi.

Aya aingova matambudziko andaiona. Asi ndakafunga dzimwe nyaya dzaanofanira kunge akatarisana nadzo dzandisina kumbofunga nezvazvo. Somuenzaniso, mainini vangu ndiamai vasina murume. Ko akaziva sei Jen achichema semwana mucheche husiku? Anoziva sei kana motokari yechimbichimbi ichisvika iye achityaira? Handizivi kuti nyaya idzi dzakagadziriswa sei asi ndinoziva kuti mainini havana kurega chero chinhu chichivatadzisa kurarama hupenyu hwavo, kurera mwanasikana wavo vari voga, uye kuva tete vanoshamisa uye amai vechipiri kwandiri. Pane zvinhu zvinogara zvakandinamatira kubva mukukura ndichipedza nguva yakawanda namainini vangu Pat. Pose pandinenge ndabuda ndichiona vanhu vaviri vachitaura nemutauro wemasaini, ndinoda kumhorosa. Ndinonzwa kunyaradzwa nemashoko ari pedyo ari paTV. Uye iye zvino ndiri kudzidzisa mwanakomana wangu ane mwedzi minomwe chiratidzo che“mukaka” nokuti vacheche vanogona kudzidza mutauro wemasaini vasati vataura.

Kusanzwa kunoonekwa nevamwe se“hurema husingaoneki,” uye ndichagara ndichifunga kuti zvakakosha kuita pekugara kuitira kuti nzanga yematsi ikwanise kutora chikamu mune zvese izvo nzanga inonzwa inogona. Asi kubva pane zvandakaona nezvandakaverenga, matsi dzakawanda hadzioni sehurema. Uye izvo kwandiri zvinotaura kumweya watete vangu Pat. Kupedza nguva ndiina tete vangu, sekuru, uye muzukuru wangu kwakandidzidzisa kuti nzanga yematsi inokwanisa kuita zvose zvinogona kuitwa neboka rinonzwa uye zvakawanda.

Kana iwe uchida kudzidza mutauro wemasaini, kuti utaure zviri nyore nevematsi, pane zvakawanda zvekushandisa online.

• Iyo ASL App iapp yepachena inowanikwa pamafoni eGoogle neApple, akagadzirwa nematsi kuitira vanoda kudzidza mutauro wemasaini.
• Gallaudet University, yunivhesiti yematsi uye yakaoma kunzwa, inopawo online courses.
• Kune zvakare akati wandei eYouTube mavhidhiyo anokudzidzisa iwe mashoma ekukurumidza zviratidzo zvinouya zvine hushamwari, seizvi mumwe.

Kana iwe uchida kudzidzisa mwana wako mutauro wemasaini, kune zvakawanda zvekushandisa kune izvozvo zvakare.

• Zvaunotarisira inopa mazano pamusoro pezviratidzo zvekushandisa nemwana wako pamwe chete nemaziviro uye nguva yekuzvisuma.
• The Bump ine chinyorwa chine mifananidzo yemakatuni inoratidza zviratidzo zvevacheche zvakakurumbira.
• Uye, zvakare, kukurumidza kutsvaga kweYouTube kuchaunza mavhidhiyo anokuratidza maitiro ekuita zviratidzo zvemucheche, seizvi mumwe.