What matters deafness of the ears, when the mind hears?

January 27, 2007

Deaf Missions: ASL Dictionary of Religious Signs

Filed under: Deaf Culture

A nice site with nice animated signs, mostly Christian ones.

Learn how to sign "angel" (a personal favourite), "Jesus" (this sign will make a lot of sense),  "heaven" and lots more.

God - whatever name you know Him by - bless everyone! :)

This dictionary fulfills the purpose of presenting certain religious signs in a (hopefully) understandable, visual way. We have not created it under the pretense that it alone could be used to teach ASL, but instead that it functions as a reference material and supplement to "real" training.

Go to ASL Dictionary of Religious Signs

Hands & Voices

Filed under: Education, General

Most links on this site go to specific articles, reports, essays or blog posts. I seldom feature an entire website, but exceptional exceptions are always welcome.

A great un-biased site for by parents and professionals, for parents of deaf children or anyone with hearing loss.

Great collection of articles, profiles, resources (including a self-adovacy guide for the deaf child in a mainstream school setting) and lots more.

Bring me to Hands & Voices!

P/S: I’m not affiliated to the site in any way, except as an impressed fan. 

Japanese Oscar nominee says she was inspired by deaf classmates - MSN-Mainichi Daily News

Filed under: Deaf Culture, General

Yet to watch Babel, which just landed on our fair shores. Will probably be catching it soon, if only just to see how well she protrayed deafness.

"My classmates, who could not hear, were so pure and beautiful. They gave me courage," Kikuchi said in an interview with public broadcaster NHK on Wednesday, a day after getting an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actress.

Read on…

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