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Baby Sign, the teaching of sign language to hearing babies. Why? When? How?
I have always had an interest in sign language since knowing my deaf aunt and uncle as a little girl. I myself know a little sign for worship at church. I read about the new idea of teaching sign to...
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American Sign Language Makes Debut in CDC Scientific Journal
Aaron Kelstone leads classroom session in ASL web video Thanks to a group of deaf and hearing Rochester, N.Y., pioneers, a medical journal for the first time has served up a scientific article online...
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Why Great Sign Language Interpreters Are So Animated
Lydia Callis’s “mesmerizing” work during Hurricane Sandy called attention to how facial and body movements are parts of grammar in the visual language. As New York City Mayor Bloomberg gave numerous...
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A Loose Interpretation
Though often mistaken for its written counterpart: Translation…Interpreting is an art unto itself. As we previously discussed, Interpreting is the verbal relaying of information from one language to...
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CULTURAL RISK ASSESSMENTS HELPING HR SAVE MERGERS
Did you think culture clash only happens between foreigners? Think again! Company cultures are now recognized as being a major reason behind mergers failing and businesses under performing. When...
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American Sign Language
What is American Sign Language? American Sign Language (ASL) is a complete, complex language that employs signs made with the hands and other movements, including facial expressions and postures of the...
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The Cost of Invisibility: Codas and the Sign Language Interpreting Profession
Originally published on StreetLeverage.com by Amy Williamson I recently attended an interpreter retreat where the purpose was to examine privilege, how it manifests in our individual work lives, our...
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Language Barriers Complicate Immigrants’ Medical Problems
“Devil, devil,” the man muttered. Sabyasachi Kar, a doctor at Washington Adventist Hospital in Takoma Park, shook his head in bewilderment. He was examining a Spanish-speaking patient with the help of...
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Sign language that African Americans use is different from that of whites
Gallaudet professor Carolyn McCaskill demonstrates differences in sign… Carolyn McCaskill remembers exactly when she discovered that she couldn’t understand white people. It was 1968, she was 15 years...
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Harrow Asian Deaf Club takes part in London’s New Year’s Day Parade
Craig Bartlett (BSL interpreter), Sindhuya Saseetharan, Asif Iqbal (president of HADC), Dikmaya Pun and Sankeetha Balakrishnan Anyone who could see could hear when Harrow Asian Deaf Club took part in...
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