Extreme Makeover: Home edition is going to help the Oregon School for the Deaf build their Halloween Fundraiser called the Nightmare Factory.
The Seabeck Conference Center, in Seabeck Washington, is hosting an annual Deaf-Blind Retreat and expects participants from all over the World, including Japan and Holland.
The University of Washington is developing ASL friendly software to reduce the band width needed to video chat over mobile phones.
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Tuesday
Sign Language Message from Space
Tracy Caldwell Dyson recorded a signed message from space.The accompanying article states that ASL is the "fourth most commonly used language in the United States." Regretfully, Astronaut Dyson uses acombination of ASL phrases and English grammar.
However her message to the Deaf childred she recorded it for is priceless and one many in our community support: Deaf people can do anything but hear.
To learn more about the space station on which Astronaut Caldwell is serving, go to http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
However her message to the Deaf childred she recorded it for is priceless and one many in our community support: Deaf people can do anything but hear.
To learn more about the space station on which Astronaut Caldwell is serving, go to http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html
Monday
I Love this book!
This is the story of a child with deaf grandparents, raised at the Lexington School for the Deaf where her parents lived and worked on site. She has unique insights as one of those "neither culture" people - raised in a deaf friendly environment but born hearing. She relates stories of becoming an interpreter, the frustrations of dating a Deaf man, and shares stories not her own as she follows the lives of two students from the school.
I hope you learn as much as I did about what I call the "tweener" culture of the 70's and beyond.
I hope you learn as much as I did about what I call the "tweener" culture of the 70's and beyond.
Tuesday
Baby Sign Language
It is back in the news. A friend who lives in Philadelphia sent me this link to a local story about using signs to communicate with young children.
In 30 plus years of working with people who sign, I have only met one who felt that teaching her child to sign was a detriment. Most have told me they found using some sort of gesture or sign in addition to pointing reduced the frustration of parent and child. Not scientific, just the stories I have heard.
If you want to get started, try the book below - it comes in paperback or kindle formats.
In 30 plus years of working with people who sign, I have only met one who felt that teaching her child to sign was a detriment. Most have told me they found using some sort of gesture or sign in addition to pointing reduced the frustration of parent and child. Not scientific, just the stories I have heard.
If you want to get started, try the book below - it comes in paperback or kindle formats.
Monday
An old friend!
I was wandering around the Amazon site and found this book - it is surprising to find it is now 26 years old! It was one of the first books I ever read of the Deaf experience.
If you have not read it, I highly recommend it. There is an entire generation of people whose mothers had German measles (including my own mother). Many of them were born Deaf. It is worth reading about their experiences before the ADA was passed.
If you have not read it, I highly recommend it. There is an entire generation of people whose mothers had German measles (including my own mother). Many of them were born Deaf. It is worth reading about their experiences before the ADA was passed.
Wednesday
ASL Literature site
Every so often I get the opportunity to teach a class on music or literature. This summer was one of them.
In our ASL classes we talk about the 5 parameters of ASL. While it is true that changing just one parameter will change the meaning of the sign, the most common parameter used to rhyme seems to be hand shape.
In my research to update my materials I found a lovely site. It is a special ASL edition of an online magazine called "Slope". The home site looks as if it may not be updated very often, but as long as this archive is available, I recommend it. This site asserts that hand shapes are the heart and soul of ASL poetry.
Do be sure to click on the index of poets and editors - there are some real treasures.
In our ASL classes we talk about the 5 parameters of ASL. While it is true that changing just one parameter will change the meaning of the sign, the most common parameter used to rhyme seems to be hand shape.
In my research to update my materials I found a lovely site. It is a special ASL edition of an online magazine called "Slope". The home site looks as if it may not be updated very often, but as long as this archive is available, I recommend it. This site asserts that hand shapes are the heart and soul of ASL poetry.
Do be sure to click on the index of poets and editors - there are some real treasures.
Thursday
More about Disneyland Interpreters
There is a neat video along with this article from the Orange County Register. and an interview with a Disneyland employee who finally understood the Jungle Cruise.
While I would prefer that they ask the Deaf community for name signs, at least the one describing Mickey Mouse that Disney claims to have thought up is fairly standard.
While I would prefer that they ask the Deaf community for name signs, at least the one describing Mickey Mouse that Disney claims to have thought up is fairly standard.
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