Carlsbad resident seeking Deaf Community (Albuquerque, Santa Fe: school, community college, campus)

[yiraheerai]

I'm severely hard of hearing and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community here is... either nonexistant or very underground. I am in dire need to learn ASL and finally learn how to deal with people without them getting frustrated at me or me getting frustrated at them because I can't understand them. Albuquerque seems like the place to go from what I've searched on the net but I was wondering if there might be something closer to Carlsbad. The main NMSU branch has Sign Language courses, but I don't know much about what would be available outside the campus. Are there any places I'm missing or any advice my fellow New Mexicans can give me on this?

[Sarahsez]

Have you tried looking into what El Paso or Lubbock, Texas has to offer? I just did a quick search. It looks like El Paso Community College might have something. You could write them and ask. I also found something called "Lubbock Community Services for the Deaf". Here is their web page. Lubbock Community Services for the Deaf

Good Luck!

[yiraheerai]

..That might be a better alternative. I'll have to look into it. Thank you very much!

[caydriver]

How about Alamogordo? They have the school their for deaf and blind students.

[loborick]

The New Mexico School for the Deaf is in Santa Fe and there is a large deaf population. I worked with a deaf man when I worked for the state and the state paid for an instructor from the school to come and teach us to sign.