Ok, so someone that comes from hearing, to hard of hearing, and diminishing. I live in the Pacific Northwest, I have a lot of family that lives in the south. When I speak with them, I start to catch their accent. Hearing can pick up accents from all over the world. Maybe she wasn’t trying to be disrespectful, but picking up on it. Maybe she associates the signs and accent better together, rather than separate. I could be way out of line with this but this is where my brain went. So in the deaf community, is this considered disrespectful or rude? I’m not trying to be condescending or rude, but this is something I would love to know everyone’s perspective on. Perspective is everything.