In just over 13 minutes, you’ll see children and their parents thriving, communicating, loving…because they put priority on visually accessible language development. They’ll learn how to navigate in the big world where hearing is primary – but first, they need to learn how to navigate the world they’re really in right now.
Insights into the Deaf Community, American Sign Language, and Interpreting. This includes perspectives on the D/deaf experience in America and some attempt at helping audio-centric people understand a visual-centric world. Interpreting students are hereby encouraged to understand their clients, not only the mechanics of working between two languages.
DWW – Dear Haylee…
Being deaf, she understood how to share Jesus with other deaf people, something most people cannot do.
“My Song”, a movie about identity
This film is 24 minutes long, and worth attention in every frame. It is done by folks in the UK, so they use British Sign Language (BSL), with audio and captions. You may want to have tissues handy.
Patrick Speaks
Patrick Speaks is a short video about a deaf young man in Uganda, and others like him. They have a unique opportunity, thanks to one person who chose to learn, then return home to make a difference. [vsw id=”AHfC6jqBhkk” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] At the end, Patrick is granted a sign name…the sign they use means “Smile” …
Mangled
Once again, a blog article has been bouncing around in my mind, and I’ve come across increased motivation to get it posted. This time, it was being subjected to John Denver’s song ‘Rocky Mountain High’, sung by someone who most certainly is not John Denver. Just as the barista and I were closing our commiseration …