A vlog by a deaf chap who signs in ASL.
Wait, what’s a vlog? I guess it’s adapted from ‘blog’, except that the ‘v’ in vlog stands for ‘video’. :)
Am glad to say I can, by and large, understand the ASL used in the video - I need to concentrate very hard though - and I find that I sure need to brush up on reading fingerspelling!
(Thanks to Andrew for the heads up!)
Is it possible for a group of children to invent an entirely new and unique language of their own? Sounds far-fetched?
But the answer seems to be "Yes!", based on this intruiging case study.
In at least one case, however, a group of children was able to spontaneously invent a totally new language out of necessity. The children in question were deaf, illiterate, and devoid of all but the most basic language skills, yet they were able to devise an intricate method of communication to use amongst themselves. Nicaraguan Sign Language (or ISN, for either Idioma de Señas de Nicaragua or Idioma de Signos Nicaragüense) is a unique and remarkable linguistic phenomenon of recent years.
For all the deaf people who look down - whether subconsciously or otherwise - on other deaf folks with poor English skills, and for all signing deaf who look down - whether subconsciously or otherwise - on deaf people with poor or no signing skills.
Discimmination DOESN’T become us!
I was a part of the hearing world, and I expected them to meet the expectations I had for my fellow hearing friends, who had to write to me in order to eventually learn how to sign in SEE. I carried this attitude for years. I actually began to realize my errors recently, when I pondered on how there are Deaf people who would choose to not accept me as a part of their world because my ASL is obviously very flawed. If it was wrong for them to not accept me because I was unable to sign in their language, then how could it be right for me to not accept them because they cannot write the way I do?
Get free blog up and running in minutes with Blogsome
Theme designed by Jay of onefinejay.com