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I am magician, I would like to show you some of my magic… Hope you enjoy =)
Thanks for the submission, Brandon!
Tags: magic, performance...
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In memory of Gina Coleman. Video humor story by John Lestina, ABC.
Tags: ASL-Story, John Lestina, motorcycle...
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Via innovations Creators.
Tags: blog, gang, hands, networking...
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New sign name for AGBad…poor AGBad gets ouchy with new sign name… TOO BAD!!!
Tags: AGB, Alexander-Bell, offensive, sign-language...
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Video produced by Deafridge and ASL Media LLC. Written, directed and edited by James Kittell.
Tags: accident, lawsuits, money, Tom-Neville, videophone, VP...
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Tags: animal, comic-strips, snake...
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A joke about a man and his deaf wife who was renting a motel room. It is told in sign language.
Tags: deaf, hotel, married, noise...
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Video humor story by John Lestina, ABC.
Tags: animal, ASL-Story, John Lestina, wolf...
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Signed by Rory, Peter, and Greg Director: Rory Editor: Andy Signers: Peter (Left Arm) and Greg (Right Arm) Three Deaf Men + One Deaf Joke, Interested? Watch and enjoy!
Tags: hearing-aids, sign-language...
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Posted: June 9th, 2008, 12:40pm BST by deafjoke
Translate into text:
Everyone died and went to heaven,
God told all the men to form two lines.
One line for the men who dominated their women.
The other line for the men who were whipped by their spouses.
The women left to go with St.Peter.
After all that was said and done,
God returned to see the lines formed.
The line of men who were whipped by
their spouses were 100 miles long.
The line of men who dominated their women
had only one man standing there.
God was appalled and said,
“I created you in my image
and you are whipped by ...
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Posted: June 6th, 2008, 12:01pm BST by deafjoke
Performed by Jack Barr, Jack’s Eyes. Sponsored by Deaf411.
Tags: city, culture, Jack-Barr, people...
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Posted: June 4th, 2008, 12:26pm BST by deafjoke
Thanks for submission in the email, Edison “Xion”!
Tags: color, dye, store, xion...
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Posted: June 2nd, 2008, 12:20pm BST by deafjoke
Our senior class of the New Mexico School for the Deaf created this music video in ASL which is by Vitamin C. We dedicated the song to a classmate who went through a hard time.
Tags: deaf-school, graduation, school, song...
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Posted: May 30th, 2008, 12:14pm BST by deafjoke
Performed by John Lestina, ABC….
Tags: hearing-aids, restaurant, travel, wife...
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Posted: May 28th, 2008, 5:25pm BST by deafjoke
An year ago, We looked back our time to see the most popular rated posts chosen by you and the visitors! We rank from highest rated to lowest rated. Enjoy!
3.6209 stars - Blue Sheet
3.5655 stars - The Lion Part 2
3.3509 stars - Caught in the Middle
3.1268 stars - Is Deaf Child Area Sign Effective?
3.0521 stars - No Smoking
2.8939 stars - Pet Signs in World
2.8000 stars - Hear to Sign
2.8000 stars - Evil Pager
2.7315 stars - Deaf Beer
2.6818 stars - Redneck Elevator
2.6727 stars - Interpreter In Election
2.5789 stars - The A-Z’s of DeafBlindhood
2.5179 stars - ...
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Posted: May 28th, 2008, 11:39am BST by deafjoke
Video created by Abdola Torabi as ‘Abdola Deaf Studio Hamburg’ in Germany. Fluent in German Sign Language.
Tags: abdola-torabi, beer, communication, drinking, germany, hearing-aids, speech...
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Posted: May 26th, 2008, 12:01pm BST by deafjoke
Produced by D-PAN.
Tags: D-PAN, music, rosa-lee, sign-language, song...
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Posted: May 23rd, 2008, 12:51pm BST by deafjoke
Produced and Edited by David Brody. Performed by Jack Barr, Jack’s Eyes. Don’t miss the first one.
Tags: Jack-Barr, OJO, videophone, VRS...
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Posted: May 13th, 2008, 8:42pm BST
For anyone who has been following the Stop Eugenics campaign will know there's been a campaign against Clause 14(4)(9) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill.
A petition has now been approved on the Downing Street website, relating to clause 14(4)(9). Please go and sign it (open to UK residents only).
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Keep reproductive liberty: drop clause 14/4/9 of the HFE Bill.
The details are:
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill (HFEB) is due to pass through the House of Commons soon.
The media has said that Clause 14(4)(9) of the Bill would allow people to create "designer deaf or disabled babies", but it would not. It would let ...
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Posted: May 13th, 2008, 4:33pm BST
The Elizabeth Foundation went one better than the RNID for Deaf Awareness Week. Instead of using hearing people to subtitle sound and make everyone cry; they used real live deaf children, and sent them off on a listening walk:
The [deaf] youngsters listened out for as many different sounds as they could and recorded it on their clipboard and tape recorder.
A highlight of the walk was a visit to the building site of the Listening for Life Centre which will be the base of Bradford Royal Infirmary's Yorkshire Cochlear Implant Service and is right next door to The Elizabeth Foundation in Smith Lane.
Run this one past me.
This was how I would interpret ...
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Posted: May 13th, 2008, 12:29pm BST
A question around deaf people and employment:
Sandra Gidley (Shadow Minister, Health; Romsey, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanisms are in place to help deaf people into employment.
Stephen Timms (Minister of State (Employment and Welfare Reform), Department for Work and Pensions; East Ham, Labour)
We are committed to helping all people, including deaf people, into suitable, sustainable employment through Jobcentre Plus.
Access to Work can provide a range of individually tailored support to enable disabled people to enter or stay in employment. Access to Work can fund specialist support for deaf and hearing impaired people in work. One type of support that deaf people may find ...
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Posted: May 13th, 2008, 12:12pm BST
A question in parliament around subtitling on television:
Rosie Cooper (PPS (Mr Ben Bradshaw, Minister of State), Department of Health; West Lancashire, Labour)
What steps are being taken to ensure that television programmes are accessible to deaf children—and deaf adults, for that matter—through more comprehensive subtitling and sign language for programmes?
Andy Burnham (Secretary of State, Department for Culture, Media & Sport; Leigh, Labour)
I do not know whether my hon. Friend was present in the reception in the House last week at which we marked the successful completion by the BBC of 100 per cent. Subtitling on all programmes —a condition and requirement laid down in the Communications Act 2003. Other public service ...
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Posted: May 13th, 2008, 3:32am BST
The Guardian has published a hitting piece on the reality of deaf education, through the personal experience of John Smith, who is known for his Deaf comedy:
I went to a primary school for the deaf, where we weren't allowed to use sign language. We were forced to speak, using hearing aids. What was the point of that? It makes me angry just thinking about it. When the teachers' backs were turned, we used to sign to each other.
I learned nothing at school. The teachers told me I was rubbish. I used to get very tense and stressed out. I was good at maths, but I struggled with English. Even now I find writing ...
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Posted: May 12th, 2008, 2:46pm BST
The first disability discrimination case has been brought against a recruitment agency - Sales Link Services - and won. The case in hand concerned a deaf person, Pauline Alexander:
Although Alexander is deaf, that had not prevented her from formerly being director of a property company and, having applied to the agency in her present occupational guise as a diversity trainer, she felt she was well qualified to work in the field. But Sales Link Services had other ideas.
"I was asked to phone in, which I did using TypeTalk [a relay telephone service for deaf people]," says Alexander. "The person I spoke to said he thought my hearing loss would be an impediment to doing ...
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Posted: May 12th, 2008, 1:13pm BST
Last week there was a debate in parliament about the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Within this debate, there was reference made to cochlear implants, and wider benefits not being factored or measured when making a budgetary argument. This suggestion was made by the RNID:
Sandra Gidley (Shadow Minister, Health; Romsey, Liberal Democrat)
... That might be a little unfair, but many patient groups feel that they are treated unfairly and that wider benefits are not fully taken into account. It would help the public accept some of the decisions more readily if they were reassured that such factors had been taken into account. The then Minister of State, Department of Health, who ...
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Posted: May 12th, 2008, 4:03am BST
Earlier I knocked together a post on iPlayer, over at Noesis. If you're interested in iPlayer issues, you might want to read....
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Posted: May 11th, 2008, 10:32pm BST
The first memorial in the UK, to recognise the one million disabled people who were persecuted, sterilised or killed by Nazi Germany has been unveiled. This has located at The Holocaust Centre in Nottinghamshire. Firstly it serves as an important memory, these people are never forgotten. It is also about time some more mainstream recognition was given, as history contains important lessons and a good education to prevent repeats including discriminatory law and policy.
Within this, I hope that deaf people gained recognition, as they were killed and sterilised, too. Subjected to the Law for Prevention of Offspring with Hereditary Disease 1933, the Marital Health Law 1935 and Action T4.
Ask the Readers:...
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Posted: May 10th, 2008, 2:24pm BST
There's a glove being developed at Carnegie Melon University which is supposed to translate ASL hand shapes into speech, via a mobile phone. One would hope some collaboration is happening with linguists.
Now I don't know the first thing about the linguistics of ASL, but as a mere user of another sign langauge - BSL - I can't see this working well anytime soon.
Receptive BSL requires a recognition of facial expression and an understanding of placement. Would some crazy device be developed that incorporates facial expression and body movement picked up in some Wii like fashion? Let not the mind limit possibilities here, if man can go to the moon and all that! ...
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Posted: May 9th, 2008, 1:07pm BST
Following the meeting with the Prime Minister in February, the Department for Children Schools and Families are planning to announce the publication of a tender for a project to improve access to and demand for BSL.
The relevant DCSF page by Lord Adonis can be found here, and the direct link to the document is here [Word] (the link on their website does not work).
British Sign Language. I recognise the importance placed on British Sign Language by many in the deaf community and their desire to make sure it thrives as a language. Malcolm Bruce MP, the Chair of the APPG on Deafness, has been campaigning for legislation on ...
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Posted: May 9th, 2008, 1:05am BST
We've not done a Photo Friday for a while, but thought we'd do a Photo Friday Special:
This photo was taken at Mary Hare Grammar School, presumably early 1990s. Does anyone know the exact date?
Does anyone recognise who's in the photo? ::evil laugh::
Photo credit: BBC Stills Archive...
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Posted: May 9th, 2008, 1:04am BST
The BBC says it has now reached a 100% subtitling target in respect of television:
BBC Vision has confirmed that it has reached its target of subtitling 100% of programs on its main channels - BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBeebies, CBBC and BBC News. Deaf and hard of hearing people will now be able to fully enjoy the complete range of BBC television programs on these networks.
This is good news, and the hard work of campaigners, especially that of the Deaf Broadcasting Council spanning over decades.
Historical Context
A public commitment for 100% television subtitling output came in 1999, from a road that started in 1979:
In 1979, a documentary about ...
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Posted: May 8th, 2008, 5:34pm BST
The Shooting Party is a series (Sunday mornings) on Channel 4 which follows nine disabled directors.
Two of the participants are deaf:
Sam Dore is 30, profoundly deaf and uses BSL. He has worked in television on Channel 4's VEE-TV, and as a writer/director since 1999 with several short films to his name.He has also worked as a presenter and actor. His short film for The Shooting Party is a music video.
Zoe Cartwright is an art student and a keen photographer and traveller. She has chosen to make her film - 24.7.52.10 - about her experience of tinnitus.
Its always good to see artistic expression. Zoe's film is online, and about tinnitus. Unfortunately there's no subtitles. However, if ...
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Posted: May 8th, 2008, 3:39pm BST
Its Deaf Awareness Week, and the RNID has excelled itself at being the most patronising and paternalistic deaf organisation on planet earth.
Before I go on, its no secret that I have my reservations about Deaf Awareness Week, but that is the subject of another blog post. However, I would imagine the aim of such a week was supposed to be about deaf people - in whatever form - being accepted and respected in society. To promote equality by changing attitudes.
Or did I get that wrong? It seems so.
So what does the largest deaf organisation in the UK do? Launch a campaign called Imagine A World Without Sound. Before you read on, go and take a look ...
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Posted: May 8th, 2008, 2:43pm BST
The Northern Ireland Assembly recently had a generic debate on health services. Within this debate it made mention of a review of deaf mental health services in Northern Ireland:
Michael McGimpsey (UUP)
The Bamford Review did not examine needs in respect of the mental health and well-being of people who are blind or partially sighted; however, it did examine those needs with respect to people who are deaf.
Ask the Readers:
I've not come across The Bamford Review before, but does anyone know if it contains any useful or new recommendations in respect of deaf people's access to mental health services? What about deaf children?
Source:
They Work For You ...
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Posted: May 8th, 2008, 1:28pm BST
Sandra Gidley (Shadow Minister, Health; Romsey, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) how much funding was provided for support services for deaf people in each region in each of the last five years;
(2) what steps he is taking to improve health services for deaf people.
Ivan Lewis (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department of Health; Bury South, Labour)
Information on funding provided for support services for deaf people is not held centrally. Funding for audiology and support services for deaf people, along with the majority of other services, is provided through the general allocations to national health service trusts and social services departments. It is their responsibility to allocate resources to audiology ...
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Posted: May 8th, 2008, 1:01am BST
Waterfront - a film produced in 2001 - is available on online:
Total clip time: 7 minutes 20 seconds
For international readers, Old Street is / was in the vicinity of a few deaf organisations.
Writer/Director: William Mager, Producer: Rosa Rogers, Camera: Barbara Nicholls, Edit: Schuman Hoque, Music: Ken Easter, Tsunami Sounds, With thanks to: Maverick Television and Channel 4
Cast: Jonathan Reid, Michael Reid, John Maidens, Cathy Woolley, Alexander James Norris, Joe Healy, William Mager
See also:
Text, Batteries and Earwax and coming soon The Association
Film Trailer: The Association...
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Posted: May 7th, 2008, 8:52pm BST
Below is a BSL based commercial for Skype, who had commissioned Remark!:
You can watch it in full glory here.
Fantastic collaboration, and good to see BSL being used as a marketing tool. Deaf people after all do use Skype as a communication tool.
Source:
Skype: Hello is now “What shall I cook?”
Remark! Skype Commercial
See also:
Sign language in advertising
Pepsi Superbowl Advert
More ASL Pepsi advertising...
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Posted: April 30th, 2008, 12:17am BST
John Barrett (Shadow Minister, International Development; Edinburgh West, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department is doing to publicise Access to Work.
Stephen Timms (Minister of State (Employment and Welfare Reform), Department for Work and Pensions; East Ham, Labour)
The Access to Work national delivery team is currently implementing an internal marketing strategy to ensure that all Jobcentre staff involved with disabled customers are fully briefed on the Access to Work programme. This will cover the aims of the programme, eligibility criteria and the application process.
The programme is also being promoted through presentations and exhibitions, and through close working partnerships developed with the major disability groups such as the ...
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Posted: April 29th, 2008, 5:05pm BST
We may be grumpy, but we still wish there was more stuff on YouTube etc like this bloke's video:
More BSL funnies, please!
Know of any? Tell us!
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Posted: April 28th, 2008, 8:50pm BST
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This is why deaf organisations have a lot to answer for...
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The scene: My kitchen, this evening. Doorbell rings.
C (my partner): There's someone at the door. [goes to front door, opens it]
Through the glass door, I (Jen) can see three people on the doorstep; one of whom is wearing a weird bib thing (think netball) with "NDCS" on it. I bid a hasty retreat to the back garden to throw breadcrumbs out for the birds. A minute later, C appears and persuades me to go to the door.
I go into the hall, to find NDCS Bib Man stroking our dog, who is lying across the doorway, with two very smart looking women ...
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Posted: April 24th, 2008, 3:04pm BST
Andy Reed (Loughborough, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what provision is made for deaf people to access services provided by his Department through call centres.
Kevin Brennan (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Children, Schools and Families; Cardiff West, Labour)
The Department for Children, Schools and Families operates a telephone enquiry service that offers a textphone/minicom service for deaf people. We also accept enquiries by email, fax and letter. DCSF periodically contracts with suppliers to provide telephone helpline services to the public, usually in support of information campaigns; in such instances our contract stipulates that a textphone service should be provided.
Source:
Parliament: Deaf Telephone Access to the Dept of Business, ...
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Posted: April 24th, 2008, 2:53pm BST
Andy Reed (Loughborough, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what provision is made for deaf people to access services provided by his Department through call centres.
Gareth Thomas (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for International Development; Harrow West, Labour)
The Department provides access to its services for deaf people via a minicom number in its Central Enquiry Unit.
The Arbitration and Conciliation Service (ACAS) and Companies House, who are Executive Agencies of the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, also provide access via minicom numbers.
Source:
Hansard
They Work For You
See also:
Parliament: Deaf Telephone Access to the Dept of Innovation, Universities & Skills
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Posted: April 23rd, 2008, 11:40pm BST
Pat Ramsey (Social Democratic and Labour Party)
4. asked the Minister of Education to detail the provision for training teachers of deaf pupils. (AQO 3017/08)
Caitriona Ruane (Sinn Féin)
Tríd is tríd, déanann an oilúint múinteorí thosaigh múinteoirí atá cáilithe go ginearálta. Ach aithníonn an oilúint i riachtanais speisialta oideachais riachtanais speisialta daltaí agus díríonn sí ar straitéisí le riar ar na riachtanais sin.
Initial teacher training produces generally qualified teachers. However, training in special educational needs in all courses covers the recognition of pupils’ special needs and focuses on strategies to meet those needs. Some student teachers choose a special-educational-needs-specific option during their training programme, and some spend part of their teaching practice in special schools.
During ...
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Posted: April 20th, 2008, 4:15am BST
David Lodge was an author I came across in the early 1990s, when I was a student at the University of Birmingham. He was once a lecturer there, and my flatmate who studied English, happened to have one of his books which I took an interest in. Subsequently became one of my favourite authors, especially for his sense of humour and ability to see irony. I met Lodge at the Hay Festival a couple of years ago (where the above picture was taken).
This is part of what I wrote afterwards:
Lodge is actually hard of hearing, and was conscious of not being able to pick ...
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Posted: April 19th, 2008, 11:16am BST
Science Daily reports of research that sign language interpreting comes with a high risk from RSI (or similar), following research from RIT’s Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering:
The research indicates that interpreting causes more physical stress to the extremities than high-risk tasks conducted in industrial settings, including assembly line work. It also found a direct link between an increase in the mental and cognitive stress of the interpreter and an increase in the risk of musculoskeletal injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome and tendonitis.
And goes onto state:
“The impact of repetitive stress in industrial and office settings has been well documented, but there ...
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Posted: April 18th, 2008, 4:04pm BST
Alert Me is a new UK start up, which has a product right deaf people's street, and looks cool.
Its a product based on the back of your wifi signal in your home, and it will alert you via SMS or via a website, the status of various sensors including the doorbell, alarm detector, smoke detector and even door and window sensors. Check this page out.
What's more it actually looks totally cool, works with modern technology and its not something that looks as if its dropped out of a social services department storeroom cupboard and has been sitting there since the 1970s.
Its excellent that mainstream manufacturers have built something that we can ...
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Posted: April 18th, 2008, 3:41pm BST
Good to see Deafinitely Theatre making use of and embracing Web 2.0 as a platform for promotion, and it ups my estimation in progression stakes. You can also see a full list of tour dates on Upcoming. They also have a Facebook group, which includes some pre-production photographs....