It is that time of the year again, as we are at the beginning of September in the year 2019 and it is the month of International Deaf Awareness Month! Every year in September is a celebration for the deaf and hard of hearing community but at the same time, we also use that opportunity or a platform to raise awareness to the public so as to educate the public about the community. Educating the public about many things that are valued in the Deaf community, such as its culture and as well each sign language. As for me here in United States, American Sign Language is not the only sign language because every country have their own country such as British Sign Language (BSL), Mexican Sign Language (LSM), Australia Sign Language (Auslan), French Sign Language (LSF), South African Sign Language (SASL), Korean Sign Language (KSL) and others so you get the idea that most of the countries have their own sign languages including the one here in the United States of America which is American Sign Language but the United States is not the only one county that use American Sign Language since Canada also use American Sign Language as one of their primary sign language along with another one which is Quebec Sign Language (LSQ). So, a lot…
Tag: Sign Languages
I would like to remind many of you with a disclaimer for this that this is my view, my thought and my perception of what I see out of the people’s perception on the Deaf people because every Deaf and Hard of Hearing have different experiences, therefore, they can share what it is to be under the microscope of the people who we labeled “hearies”. I am only sharing what I have witnessed on hand from what the hearies people have a perception of the Deaf people and Hard of Hearing including myself as I am one of many Deaf people in the world. So, I encourage the Deaf and Hard of Hearing to share their thoughts on what it is like to get an idea of how the hearies people view them as or of. Now that we get this out, as I have said that this is my view for getting the idea of what the hearies have a perception of us Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. It is no secret that the Deaf people don’t have it easy, in fact, they must work as twice hard to survive whether it be trying to get a job from somewhere and being oppressed by many of people for several decades. I have seen, I am certain that many…
I have been browsing through several apps on ITunes lately to add apps to my Iphone or Ipad and I came across to one awesome app called “Marlee Signs” that you download for your Iphone or Ipad and it’s absolutely free! It has actress from “Children of a Lesser God” Marlee Matlin herself teaching you some sign languages, I am sure that many of you know who she is as she’s famously known as deaf actress in a movie title “Children of a Lesser God”. I downloaded the app and tested it myself and it is indeed awesome and that it is accurate because some of you may not know that I am hard of hearing so therefore I know sign languages in order to communicate if it is needed. A lot of people has been asking me for some lessons on some sign languages and obviously my often answer was that they can easily learn sign languages on the internet especially on search engine such as Google. Until I discovered that anyone who wish to learn sign languages can finally to do so with their own Iphone and as well their Ipad and I am sure that it will also on Ipod and other Apple products however I have only tested it on Iphone and Ipad which I can…