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For Deaf Awareness Month, we celebrate and honor different identities within our communities. 

from  National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes

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Deaf Out Loud!

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This was based on true event. When I was an elementary student in a public school, surrounded by many hearing 4th-graders. I taught my class how to fingerspell so they can communicate with me. It was wonderful. (Yay for Rochester method???) So a lot of classmates would fingerspell H-I to me as a greeting.

One day, someone came up with a “shortcut” to say “Hi” to me by putting letter “H” and “I” into one form, which unfortunately and hilariously resulted in a shocker hand gesture. For the whole freaking week, I got that shocker hand shoved up to my face by other people by people as a greeting. It stopped a week later, I guess probably because a teacher banned it or other people found out what that gesture really meant, lol.

Educational note: It is considered culturally disrespectful if a hearing person makes up a sign or grant name sign to someone. Only Deaf ASL person can do that. This picture is a good example of why a hearing person should /NEVER/ make up a new sign without Deaf consultation, hahaha.

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Title: “Hi!” Illustrator: Destiny Slater (Me!) Tool: Adobe Photoshop, Wacom tablet

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Keep calm y todos aprendamos lenguaje de señas! 💅🐚 by @diapachecoo 

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ASL Practice

Student signs: Chelsea found a broken pencil.

Student voices excitedly: Chelsea picked the chicken shoes.

Chelsea, from the other side of the room: I did what?!?

The joys of ASL practice with newbie ASL signers.

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Evidence-Based Practice in Deaf Education (or Not)

Marc Marschark, Ph.D. Center for Education Research Partnerships National Technical Institute for the Deaf – Rochester Institute of Technology October 23, 3:00-6:00 p.m. Western Washington University Science Lecture Hall Room 140

Deaf education and research have had a long but uneasy relationship. Without pointing fingers, it is evident that political and educational preferences with regard to deaf students’ language and learning frequently either ignore relevant research findings or suggest that such studies are unnecessary (or inappropriate). Meanwhile, despite having a new “méthode du jour” in deaf education every few years, many deaf and hard-of-hearing learners continue to struggle, and advantages that we see during the early school years often disappear by high school age. It is time to abandon myths, clear up some misunderstandings, and re-examine our assumptions about raising and educating deaf children. This presentation will examine what we actually know, what we don’t know, and what we think we know (more or less correctly) about deaf children’s development and educational outcomes. Hopefully, moving in this direction can we offer deaf learners the opportunities they deserve, building on their strengths and accommodating their needs.

* Interpreting and captioning provided * Directions and parking information at:http://www.wwu.edu/ps/parking/visitors.shtml * RSVP to kimberly.peters@wwu.edu

This guy does great, informative presentations! He has some really great info.

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Check out this video to see what I consider to be the best opportunity for Deaf students ever. This had been an amazing experience for my students. They not only get an opportunity to learn real live financial skills, but they get to meet dozens of Deaf professionals and D/HH students from all over the state. 

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So many fantastic Deaf Culture/ASL/deaf education events are happening in my area on the same weekend....what the hell people! Some of us want to go to all of them. 

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Movie Recommendation

I have to watch a foreign film for my Multicultural/Multilingual class. The movie has to have characters with disabilities. I want to watch a film with deaf characters since I might as well cover my other area of study.

I need recommendations.... Does anyone know of any quality films from outside the United States that has deaf characters in it? Fiction is fine so long as the portrayal of the characters and situations are accurate to a real-life experience. 

THANKS!!!!

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This is a video about DeafBlind Etiquette. Specifically for making videos and how to make it accessible to us DeafBlind individuals.

[One thing I forgot to add is: Video descriptions. Example… (Background is a yellow wall, and blinds above Abby. Abby is sitting in a chair and she has brown hair which is in a ponytail, black framed glasses and wearing a grey hoodie)]

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