Silent dinners are deaf community events. During this event both hearing, and deaf people communicate through sign language. People come to the event who are at various skill levels and are ready to learn. I haven't been to any of these events but my friends who have had said they are very interesting and fun. They said it is really awesome to communicate with people at different age levels and skills levels. People are very friendly, and willing to teach you new words. It is great for people who are early learners.
http://www.tsha.cc/sdinner.htm ----- information about the silent dinners.
http://www.deafwired.com/cincinnati/silent-dinner----- you can use this website to reference deaf silent dinners in cincinnati.
These Dinners sound very interesting. I cant imagine being a person that can speak and attempting not to. I wonder if people who attended these dinners, that are not deaf ended up accidentally speaking and if the others at the dinner consider it disrespectful. I do not know how to sign, but if I did I would love to attend one of these dinners. It would certainly be a challenge.
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