Eileen

My name is Eileen. I'm a 7-8 year old pitbull. I'm completely deaf, and was already deaf when I was rescued. I like walks, cuddles, and chewing. My mom is a 25 year old vet tech student.

[ampervadasz]

[obamaphoner]

mesmerizing and delightful now what happens when they make a mess up there

[eileenthedeafdog]

hi eileen! you seem like a very nice happy dog! do you have a favorite toy? what's your human like?

Thanks! I'm very happy. I think I'm pretty nice. My favorite toy is plushies I can shred, and yummy bones. My human is nice. She has a cat and a macaw. She's 23 and in vet tech school.

[caustic-crow]

MISSING!

This is a long shot - I know that. Tumblr isn't exactly a good platform for lost animals. But. Here goes nothing.

Someone opened our backyard fence on Friday night (Jan 29 2021, around 5pm) and let our two dogs out. One of them we found, but the other hasn't. She's a beagle named Luna, and she went missing in Hueytown, Alabama, last seen from the Hueytown area off Kenilworth road near the old high-school and she was also seen near the elementary school area.

Please. If anyone by some God given miracle is in this area and has seen her, I'm begging you to message me.

I've posted everywhere else and I figured why not here too. Me and my mom are both sitting here with this sickening feeling that someone just picked her up and is planning to keep her and I can't- listen this dog is my baby. I just want her back. So if you or anyone you know has seen her around the Hueytown/Bessemer area please. Please.

[eileenthedeafdog]

Hi Eileen I adore you. I'm sure you've had this question before but are you named after Eileen from Supernatural? Because if you are, you are perfect and if you are not, you are also perfect and adorable🖤🖤🖤

I am! My human loves Supernatural and Eileen Leahy is one of her favorite characters. So she named me in honor of her!

[eileenthedeafdog]

Just on case. Anyone was wondering.

I'm still cute.

[teamtrickster]

Aaaaawwwwww yes you’re so cute so cute so cUTE!!!! -Gabriel, signing “good girl” over and and over

[eileenthedeafdog]

Before and after being told "Good girl"

[eileenthedeafdog]

Just in case. Anyone was wondering.

I'm still cute.

[pitbullsoverload]

Bella would like to say hi!

[eileenthedeafdog]

Hi!

[veinitas]

me when i see a cat: CAT! cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

[lurknomoar-deactivated20151109]

Fun fact: when I see cute animals, I forget English and automatically revert to my native Hungarian. I don’t know what bystanders make of me, reciting guttural gibberish to rabbits.

[quizzicalqueek]

But the real question is, what are you SAYING to the rabbits? Is it ‘RABBIT! rabbit rabbit rabbit rabbit rabbit rabbit bunny bunny bunny awww cute bunnyyyyy’?

[lurknomoar-deactivated20151109]

Well, I usually say the Hungarian equivalent of ‘bun bun bun lil bun look at your tiny spoon-shaped ears awww bun brave little lawnmower bun’, but sometimes I say ‘hey rabbits, my sister’s gonna go to med school’ because I think everyone should know.

[littlegaywitch]

I live in Japan, and I always revert to English to talk to small animals, and I was cooing at this tiny little fluff machine of a puppy in baby english like “hello you’re so cute such a cute hello hello yess you’re good” and the 70 year old Japanese lady that was walking him started to *translate the baby talk english into Japanese* for her pup. She wanted to be sure he understood it too.

[sindri42]

https://xkcd.com/231/

[wind-voice]

ACCURATE.

[eileenthedeafdog]

I was at a pet store with Eileen. A woman walked up to us and asked if she could pet her. Eileen’s collar has ‘Deaf Dog’ embroidered on it. The lady asked about it, I confirmed, yes, she’s deaf. The lady immediately switched to American Sign Language and asked her how was her day, was she being a good girl, she’s so pretty. Eileen is wagging her tail excitedly, knowing that someone is talking to her.

[iprobablyneedcoffee]

GOOD GIRL EILEEN!!!!

[eileenthedeafdog]

[iprobablyneedcoffee]

WHAT A GOOD GIRL! 🤟🏻 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🥰

[eileenthedeafdog]

I’m best girl

[iprobablyneedcoffee]

You ARE best girl!

Murph agrees and says hi!

[eileenthedeafdog]

Hi Murph!

[iprobablyneedcoffee]

Eileen, Murphy went to the rainbow bridge. I have the sads.

[eileenthedeafdog]

I'm so very sorry. My sister, Stella (a sugar glider), just went to the Rainbow Bridge on Tuesday. I hope they are very comfy and happy why they wait for us. I wish you were here, so I could put my head on your knee. Murphy was well loved and amongst the goodest dogs.

[placeholdername69]

Not 2 be fuckin weird but I think the best sound in the world is when ur pettin and rubbin a big/sturdy dog and ur suddenly compelled to do those real Firm Pats™️ and it makes that nice solid “thud thud thud” noise while the dog smiles and wags his tail real hard do y’all have any idea wtf I’m talkin about??

[cyberian-demons-deactivated2021]

important image description psa

hi! my name is cassie, i’m deaf, and my full-time job primarily involves working in disability access. i’m here with an important message about image and audio descriptions:

when you’re describing things for disabled people, you should not include your personal opinion on the thing you’re describing. even if it’s positive! you shouldn’t describe things as “a beautiful painting”, “a gorgeous photo”, “a wonderful song”, etc. i mean, if you’re sighted, think about how annoying it would be if every. single. picture you saw online was captioned with “this is beautiful and you like this” or “this is ugly and you hate it”, with the expectation that you have to agree with whatever the caption says and your own opinion doesn’t matter. it would be super annoying, right!

not to mention, i’ve seen people do this on pictures of real people, which can get weird—especially if they’re in a marginalized group you’re not in, in which case it can start to feel very fetishizing. 

so, to recap:

good descriptions: “a realistically-rendered oil painting of a tree”, “a selfie of a person with short blue hair”, “a pencil sketch of taako”

bad descriptions: “a gorgeously realistic oil painting of a tree”, “a selfie of an adorable person with short blue hair”, “a fantastic pencil sketch of taako”

(i encourage reblogs on this, because this is a huge issue that i’d love to see people gain awareness of)

[salty-inc]

Just something I really want to share on here because it’s important.

[salty-inc]

[adhdandcomics]

this is really important to remember, even if you said something stupid and don’t feel like repeating it- it can still feel isolating to folks with hearing and auditory processing problems!

[raydrawsdaly]

INFORM YOURSELF OF YOUR RIGHTS AS A DEAF DRIVER WHEN PULLED OVER.

AARP -  Driving While Deaf: How to Stay Safe

Driver is Deaf Visor Card -  $5.95

[VISOR CARD USE AND PROCEDURE PDF - CLICK HERE!]

[10 RULES OF SURVIVAL: ENGLISH/SPANISH PDF -  CLICK HERE!]

BROKE-ASS STUART - The Dangers of Driving while Black and Deaf

HUFFPOST - When Those With Hearing Loss Are Pulled Over By Police: TW: death mention, police brutality, ableism, violence. 

[op is not deaf, so deaf/hoh users feel free to add your own resources on the topic. edited so that PDF links work.]

[veinitas]

me when i see a cat: CAT! cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat cat

[lurknomoar-deactivated20151109]

Fun fact: when I see cute animals, I forget English and automatically revert to my native Hungarian. I don’t know what bystanders make of me, reciting guttural gibberish to rabbits.

[quizzicalqueek]

But the real question is, what are you SAYING to the rabbits? Is it ‘RABBIT! rabbit rabbit rabbit rabbit rabbit rabbit bunny bunny bunny awww cute bunnyyyyy’?

[lurknomoar-deactivated20151109]

Well, I usually say the Hungarian equivalent of ‘bun bun bun lil bun look at your tiny spoon-shaped ears awww bun brave little lawnmower bun’, but sometimes I say ‘hey rabbits, my sister’s gonna go to med school’ because I think everyone should know.

[littlegaywitch]

I live in Japan, and I always revert to English to talk to small animals, and I was cooing at this tiny little fluff machine of a puppy in baby english like “hello you’re so cute such a cute hello hello yess you’re good” and the 70 year old Japanese lady that was walking him started to *translate the baby talk english into Japanese* for her pup. She wanted to be sure he understood it too.

[sindri42]

https://xkcd.com/231/

[wind-voice]

ACCURATE.

[eileenthedeafdog]

I was at a pet store with Eileen. A woman walked up to us and asked if she could pet her. Eileen’s collar has ‘Deaf Dog’ embroidered on it. The lady asked about it, I confirmed, yes, she’s deaf. The lady immediately switched to American Sign Language and asked her how was her day, was she being a good girl, she’s so pretty. Eileen is wagging her tail excitedly, knowing that someone is talking to her.

[iprobablyneedcoffee]

GOOD GIRL EILEEN!!!!

[eileenthedeafdog]

[iprobablyneedcoffee]

WHAT A GOOD GIRL! 🤟🏻 🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻🥰

[eileenthedeafdog]

I’m best girl

[iprobablyneedcoffee]

You ARE best girl!

Murph agrees and says hi!

[eileenthedeafdog]

Hi Murph!

[antiandrogen]

if you can read this rn learn american sign language

[antiandrogen]

as a place to start i strongly recommend Dr. Bill Vicars’ free lessons on youtube and at lifeprint.com (which also has a huge ASL dictionary and lesson plans/outlines). there are also freelance ASL tutors online who can help personalize your learning experience and give you opportunities to observe and practice signing naturally, if you don’t already have Deaf friends/family

[lesbianjaxa]

Gallaudet University, a university designed for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, offers a few online lessons for ASL! https://www.gallaudet.edu/asl-connect/asl-for-free

I also have used this website to practice fingerspelling, https://asl.ms/. You can select the speed, and though it’s designed to help your receptive skills in knowing what the spelling was, you can practice your own fingerspelling by signing along with it.

The ASL App is also pretty good, though you do have to pay for most of the lessons, beyond the basics.

[pinkmanthedog]

I am Deaf and used to TA the ASL program at the University of Missouri and I currently teach workshops about LGBTQ ASL and intersectionality and I wholeheartedly recommend lifeprint.com as a place to start!

But!

1. You can’t learn a language, and certainly not a visual language, alone. If you want to learn conversational ASL, you will need to seek out opportunities to connect with the Deaf community in your area. Dialects and accents vary greatly, and signs you learn online may not actually apply to your IRL conversations.

2. Don’t. Learn. From. YouTube. It is full of hearing people with one or two ASL classes under their belts “teaching” flat out incorrect signs. Related! If you are not a fluent ASL user (and you know if you are or aren’t) don’t. Post. “Instructional”. Videos. It is a huge pet peeve of mine and I find it disrespectful to the Deaf community.

That being saaaaaid, covid has cancelled most of my gigs for the rest of the year and I have been doing private ASL tutoring to earn some extra money. If you’re interested in learning (and putting money into the Deaf community!) send me a PM and we can talk lessons!

[antiandrogen]

if you can read this rn learn american sign language

[antiandrogen]

as a place to start i strongly recommend Dr. Bill Vicars’ free lessons on youtube and at lifeprint.com (which also has a huge ASL dictionary and lesson plans/outlines). there are also freelance ASL tutors online who can help personalize your learning experience and give you opportunities to observe and practice signing naturally, if you don’t already have Deaf friends/family

[babyanimalgifs]

My sister’s blind dog loves fetch 

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[eileenthedeafdog]

"Smile!"