#deaf awareness

[sayruq]

[batterwing]

Happy Deaf awareness month to:

D/deaf people who use sign language

D/deaf people who use spoken language

D/deaf people who use spoken language and sign language

D/deaf people who use AAC

D/deaf people who aren't fluent in sign language

D/deaf people who are learning sign language

D/deaf people who lip-read

D/deaf people who have comorbidities

D/deaf people who don't have comorbidities

D/deaf people who are physically disabled

D/deaf people who aren't disabled

D/deaf people who are mentally disabled

D/deaf people who are intellectually disabled

D/deaf people who are sensory disabled

D/deaf people who are deaf and blind

D/deaf people who go to speech therapy

D/deaf people who don't go to speech therapy

D/deaf people in special education classes

D/deaf people who need an aide

D/deaf people who need an interpreter

D/deaf people who use transcription

D/deaf people who use FMs

D/deaf people who are forced to use aids they don't want

D/deaf people who can't access medical care

D/deaf people who go to Deaf schools

D/deaf people who grew up in Deaf culture

D/deaf people who grew up in hearing culture

D/deaf people who grew up in hearing and Deaf culture

D/deaf people who make Deaf art

D/deaf people who make music

D/deaf people who love music

D/deaf people who use hearing aids

D/deaf people who use CIs

D/deaf people who don't use hearing aids or CIs

D/deaf people who have Deaf family

D/deaf people who prefer the term hearing impaired

D/deaf people who prefer the term hard of hearing

D/deaf people who prefer the term Deaf gain

D/deaf people who prefer the term Deaf

D/deaf people who prefer the term deaf

And to all D/deaf people, have a good September from your local Deaf person <3

[filiasyth]

This is a short personal comic/ stream-of-consciousness I made to mark the last day of Deaf Awareness Month (September). It’s based on something that I’ve experienced a lot in my life, but rarely see mention of, even though it’s a big issue. As a mainstreamed deaf person who grew up without sign language or a Deaf community, I had to learn a lot about advocating for myself and my language needs.

Isolation is very alienating and painful. So the next time you meet a deaf person, please, be patient, and respect the mode of communication they choose.

<0/  (https://deafpower.me/)

Image descriptions below.

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A six-page comic about deaf identity titled, ‘What Do I Mean When I Talk About Deaf Loneliness.’ All pages have capitalized text, simple colors, and drawings set on a white background.

The first page shows the title written in black in scratchy, rough lines. The final word, loneliness, is written in thick red marker.

The second page shows countless tiny black circles of the same size scattered over the entire page. The message is written in light blue and reads, ‘I mean not existing in a room full of people.’ The letter O in of is filled-in with dark blue.

The third page shows nine stylized speech bubbles, each a different size and shape and which correspond to the words in the text. The message reads, ‘I mean always being talked about but never talking.’ All the words are light purple, except for the word talking which is a darker violet.

The fourth page shows a large column of text in the middle of the page surrounded by eyes of all different shapes and sizes. The eyes are all staring intensely at the words in the message, which reads, ‘I mean stared at but never seen.’ All the words are green, with the word seen in light green against a dark green background.

The fifth page shows a tangled mess of black threads interwoven within and around the text, trailing off the page. The message reads, ‘I mean being the joke but not laughing.’ All the words are in yellow, except for ‘being’ and ‘laughing’ in dark orange.

The sixth and final page shows three large, mostly abstract drawings stacked with the text. At the top is a loose, sketchy drawing of the sun in yellow, and at the bottom a swathe of tan brushstrokes indicating sand dunes. The message reads, ‘I mean having hands like water in a desert.’ All the words are brown except for the word water, which is bright blue and takes up the center of the page. It fades into a series of blue waves, which morph into various handshapes and letters in American Sign Language that reach up and around the word water, which is also rendered in the ASL fingerspelled alphabet. Finally, the word desert is written in dark brown, and is stylized with scattered brushstrokes to match the sand dunes.

End of Image Description.]

[ryanseslow]

Handstylin’ on 4th Ave -> fingerspelling - > Brooklyn - NYC

[pixoplanet]

It's September 23rd, International Sign Language Day. The United Nations instituted this event in 2018 to commemorate the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)’s founding in 1951. The objective is to raise awareness of sign languages and deaf culture and to promote the acceptance of sign languages as deaf people’s basic human rights. The event has grown into a global movement to resolve the many issues deaf people face in their everyday lives and is celebrated through various activities by respective Deaf Communities worldwide.

These activities call for participation and involvement of various stakeholders including families, peers, governmental bodies, professional sign language interpreters, Disabled People’s Organizations (DPOs), and concerned people all over the globe. All of us are invited to unite in endorsement of the need to secure and promote the human rights of deaf people. Please affirm your support for full human rights for all deaf people by signing the WFD Charter on Sign Language Rights for All at https://wfdeaf.org/charter.

Sign languages are visual languages that transmit messages. The 72 million deaf people on our planet use over 300 distinct natural sign languages, although there is also an international sign language that deaf people use when mingling, traveling, and attending international meetings. The international sign language is considered to be a pidgin form because it isn't as complex as the natural sign languages and has a limited lexicon.

Sign languages have been used by deaf people throughout history. Plato’s “Cratylus,” published in the 15th century BCE, has one of the oldest recorded accounts of sign language. Socrates also commented on the utility of sign languages: “If we didn’t have a voice or a tongue and wanted to communicate with one another, wouldn’t we try to make signals by moving our hands, heads, and the rest of our bodies?” Naturally. ☮️ Peace… Jamiese of Pixoplanet

[ramen-flavored]

I honestly haven’t been this excited for a Marvel project in a while till now

[hard-of-death]

When hearing people find out that only like, a 1% of hearing parents of deaf and hoh children actually learn to sign for them, and that even then most of those that do learn, only learn "the basics", aka a few signs related to domestic life without any type of structure or grammar, just single signs here and there, and they start this whole fucking scene where they act like their entire world is ending and they cry and shout and act all indigned and HOW CAN THEY??? That is so so ugly and sad!! Just so sad :(:(:(:(

And they basically just expect you to consolate them and promise that yes, you know they won't ever do something like that (even tho they don't even have the decency to repeat themself when you ask them to. Or look at you when they speak. Or do anything to make communication easier. And you KNOW they would do exactly the same thing that 99% of hearing parents do) And you have to smile and nod and say yes, yes it's a terrible thing and then you have to start laying in front of them your whole D/deaf /hoh childhood story and give them a detailed presentation on your relationship with your parents because they won't stop asking so they can keep pretending they could not even fathom it was this bad, and pity you and go tell their friends how sad this all is :( and how they are gonna go save the Deaf!! And that they will learn to sign and be the hero we were expecting all along...and then they just

Don't even learn how to say "good morning"

Or properly communicate with us

Or even just listen to us so they are not this misinformated or ignorant to Deaf issues

Or even just

I don't know, try

[thedeafzoologist]

Things I love about being Deaf

The community! I've met so many lovely people in the Deaf community, and I can't express how important it was for me to meet other deaf individuals

The language. I am learning BSL, and it is something that I would reccomend to anyone, not just deaf people. Have you ever needed to communicate across a noisy room? It's so helpful and it blows my mind that sign language isn't usually taught in schools

My hearing aids. I am lucky enough to live in a country where hearing aids are free, and I know that a lot of people do not have access to them like I do. That said, it warms my heart to see people with hearing aid accessories, brightly coloured aids, etc. Mine are bright blue, and I love showing them off!

The ability to mute people. Noisy environment? People being unkind? Switch the hearing aids off and BAM! No sound, no problem.

I am now legally required to say DEAFinitely instead of definitely for the rest of my life.

[pomeraniandancer]

Soooo you're telling me September is Deaf Awareness Month? And I had to learn this from Tumblr? On September 23rd, not September 1st?

There are so many layers of wrong here.

[callernumberthree]

started to learn ASL today! from a youtube channel. very excited, practising hard. if anyone has tips I would love to hear them!

[zzombiegrrrl]

I totally love it when I request to be seated in the front of a class because it helps me learn and hear better, and my teacher completely ignores it and gets upset when I don't hear instructions. It's totally not like I have told her in much detail that I have hearing problems so I should be able to have some accommodations but no. Not even a different seating arrangement.

It makes me so fucking angry that I, and many other people with disabilities, get ignored and denied accommodations because non-disabled people don't listen.

Change needs to happen now.

[falling-star-cygnus]

the constant battle between head-canoning Alhaitham with hyperacusis vs head-canoning him being deaf is a long one

both make for such amazing angst and rep potential that i can't actually decide which one i like more

[philippinewildlifeart]

Why should you learn Filipino Sign Language?

You will be able to communicate silently while bird watching or doing field research. You will also learn about Deaf culture, and make new friends!

The Benilde School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies will be holding FSL classes this January to April 2024. Registration ends this Friday (Jan 12), open to all!

Learn more: https://sdeas.benilde.edu.ph/class-schedule/

Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScPHC3PKz3siRdaDr6oRv6RVUbGJM_TF7-YmNlX8Lx5aCOqLQ/viewform

[gemstone-roses]

can you imagine giving people an essay based off audio material and then not providing a transcript or subtitles for the audio material