To shine a spotlight, a college student from Tennessee is currently creating an app to help people understand sign language easier and I want him to succeed before Duolingo get their paws on the idea.
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Sensibilisierungsschulung für ein respektvolles Verhalten gegenüber gehörlosen Menschen: Im zweitägigen Seminar erhältst Du Einblick in Gebärdensprache und Gehörlosenkultur. Du lernst Begrüßungen, Absehübungen und den respektvollen Umgang mit Gehörlosen. Neben kulturellen Hintergründen wird auch die Bedeutung von Inklusion betont. 
Ziel ist es, Barrieren abzubauen und die Kommunikation zu erleichtern. Der Kurs findet in Deutscher Gebärdensprache statt und wird simultan gedolmetscht. Die Kursleiterin ist gehörlos.
Fr, 28.3. + 4.4.2025 von 09:30–15:30 Uhr | vhs Reinickendorf
https://www.vhsit.berlin.de/VHSKURSE/BusinessPages/CourseDetail.aspx?id=741658
#VHS #Berlin #SignLanguage #Gebärdensprache #Gebärde #DGS #Inklusion #Deaf @volkshochschule
https://www.vhsit.berlin.de/VHSKURSE/BusinessPages/CourseDetail.aspx?id=741658
www.vhsit.berlin.deDie Berliner Volkshochschulen - KursdetailsKursdatenbank mit Suchmöglichkeit nach allen Kursen der zwölf Volkshochschulen in Berlin und der Möglichkeit zur Online-Anmeldung.
Imperfect sounds - Cochlear implants give deaf kids unprecedented access to sound. But insisting they avoid using sign language may be risky.
#SignLanguage #CochlearImplants #LanguageLearning
https://www.science.org/content/article/implants-can-help-deaf-kids-hear-many-still-struggle-spoken-language
I recently discovered the website https://CommandingHands.co.uk/
It is in development, but it's so exciting to see something entirely free that aims to promote the use, teaching, resources for and profile of British Sign Language.
The website should be fully up and running by the middle of this year. 
Genuinely excited to see how this develops 
Hashtags:
#BritishSignLanguage #BSL #SignLanguage #language #languages #linguistics
Commanding HandsHome - Commanding HandsLearn British Sign Language (BSL) with our free video tutorials, resources, downloads and more! We want everyone in the UK to learn BSL.
Am I the only one who can see how this could go absolutely wrong?
New York metro transit systems add on-demand sign language interpreters
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The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) has said it is “prepared to confront” challenges presented by Donald Trump’s second administration, after the US president signed an executive order attacking accessibility provisions. #Accessibility #SignLanguage #ASL
Liam O'Dell · Deaf non-profit considers fresh legal action against Trump administration as it drops Deaf accessThe National Association of the Deaf (NAD) has said it is “prepared to confront” challenges presented by Donald Trump’s second administration, after the US president signed an executive order attac…
Vaahtosammuttimen kokoiset lapset ovat niin söpöjä, kun tarkkailevat intensiivisesti simmut suurina minun ja @rolle keskustelua. Kahvilassa erotumme joukosta, kun kommunikoimme suomalaisella viittomakielellä. 
Starbucks is raising the bar for inclusivity with its sign language interpretation service! 
Small changes can make a big impact. 
#InclusionMatters #Accessibility #SignLanguage
Cool tidbit from a paper on sign language:
https://oecs.mit.edu/pub/l60gyowl/release/1?readingCollection=9dd2a47d
Here's a song by the deaf Finnish rapper #SignMark. I haven't watched his work for a long time and just stumbled across it. 
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This is why cheetahs shouldn't teach American Sign Language.
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They elicited signs based on pictures and saw differences between nominal and verbal signs (eg mouth shapes, duration) #signLanguage #ViCom
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Their first question is whether there are clear distinctions between nouns and verbs in DGS #signLanguage Many signs are multifunctional (eg game / play could be same) But maybe signs are merely similar, not identical
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6/ Patrick Trettenbein on parts of speech and iconicity in German Sign Language #vicom #signLanguage - one collaborator is tuned in via Zoom from home
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3rd talk by Door Spruit is on L1 to L2 transfer, from spoken language gestures to the phonological form of signs (in sign language acquisition) #vicom #signLanguage
Wed 6th Nov, 2pm UK time:
#Linguistics Association of Great Britain Race and Social Justice sub-committee's ‘Activism in Progress’ series:
"#Deaf equality and human rights: #Signlanguage documentation and the power of deaf-led research" by
Nick Palfreyman (UCLan)
Register: https://ed-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrd--hpjoqE9Mo5uiQdRD9MESNTp9JGBjc#/registration
ZoomWelcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Activism in Progress, 6 Nov 2024 (Palfreyman). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.Deaf equality and human rights: Sign language documentation and the power of deaf-led research
(Nick Palfreyman, iSLanDS Institute, University of Central Lancashire)
Deaf people in the Global South continue to face significant barriers to basic human rights, and many are vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Meanwhile, lack of access to education is a persistent problem, and it remains difficult for deaf people to challenge the stigma and negative attitudes that they face. How can linguistic activism make a difference? In this presentation I reflect critically on my experiences as a deaf (socio)linguist in the Global North trying to leverage my power and influence to establish research hubs with deaf people in Indonesia and the Caribbean. In particular, I focus on the contributions that sign language documentation can make to the struggles outlined above, and share what I have learned about enabling South-South collaboration.
Dr. Nick Palfreyman is a deaf researcher, and Director of the International Institute for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies (iSLanDS), which works with over 20 deaf leaders in the Global South. He has been working with deaf communities in the Global South since 2007, and since 2010 he has been working with deaf people in Indonesia, the Caribbean and elsewhere to harness the power of research to transform the lives of deaf people. He is currently leading an ELDP-funded project to document endangered sign languages in Indonesia, and an AHRC-DFG project comparing creoles and sign languages. He also works with early-career deaf researchers in Jamaica, Puerto Rico and Trinidad & Tobago to establish the AHRC-funded Deaf Caribbean Academic Network.
