Posted on Mar 01, 2019 by paul
Time for a little nostalgia as we take you back to one of the most classic movies, The Sandlot 2. Sean Berdy made his acting debut in this movie, portraying the character Sammy Samuelson. If that doesn’t ring a bell, then maybe you’d remember the infamous Emmett Blesdoe of Switched At Birth; Bay’s initial love-interest and son of Melody […]
Read MorePosted on Mar 01, 2019 by paul
The F-handshape involves touching the thumb and index fingers together while the remaining fingers are extended, as shown below in the sign for INTERPRETER! Other words that use the F-handshape include: LanguagePerfectCourtPreachPostponeSpiritLinkKeyVolunteerCandidate
Read MorePosted on Feb 22, 2019 by paul
D Did you know that the founder of the Girl Scouts was deaf? Julliette Gordon Low became deaf in early adulthood, but that never stopped her from forming one of the most iconic groups in American! She was raised in Georgia with Southern values, and became inspired by the Boy Scouts. She eventually moved to […]
Read MorePosted on Feb 21, 2019 by paul
Read MorePosted on Feb 19, 2019 by paul
The E-handshape shows the fingers bent to look like a small ‘e’ from the side, as shown below in the sign for EAST. Other words that use the E-handshape include: Easter Economics Elevator Emergency Emotions Engage Europe Europeans Evaluate Experiment Urgent
Read MorePosted on Feb 15, 2019 by paul
Updates on Trump/Beto Rally Interpreters Updates on Trump/Beto Rally Interpreters Posted by The Daily Moth on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Captioning is available for this video under settings. For more stories from The Daily Moth, go to dpan.tv.
Read MorePosted on Feb 15, 2019 by paul
D-Handshape The D-Hanshape is done by raising the index finger as shown below in the sign for DEAF. Other signs in ASL that use the D-handshape include: Date Dating Democrat Dessert Detroit
Read MorePosted on Feb 14, 2019 by paul
Millicent made some significant headway into Deaf History with her famed role in The Quiet Place, a horror film which incorporated American Sign Language more than what we are certainly used to. We don’t want to spoil the plot, but we (of course) encourage you to go see the movie and Millicent in action! […]
Read MorePosted on Feb 08, 2019 by paul
Every seasoned deafie knows the benefits (and pains) of using voice-to-text to try and communicate with another person, and now Google is hoping to make it a bit easier. In this video released on Monday we see a deaf Google Research Scientist named Dimitri Knevsky use the app to order tea and even use it […]
Read MorePosted on Feb 08, 2019 by paul
Laurent Clerc Do you know how American Sign Language came to be? We owe a lot to a man named Laurent Clerc! Clerc was born and raised in France, and became deaf at one years old after falling into a fire. (Ouch!) He attended and graduated school at the Royal Institution for the Deaf […]
Read More