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Important

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Important in American Sign Language. Both hands in F handshape, palms down start with thumb and index fingers connected then separate as they move upward then connect again. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.

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Petitions - UK Government and Parliament

Petition: Add British Sign Language to the national curriculum

We want the Government to add BSL to the school curriculum by making it a core subject for all students. British Sign Language is used by ar

this is a petition to add british sign language to the claimnational curriculum. if you could sign (uk residents only) or reblog that would be really helpful :)

Yes this. Because ASL is a full language, but not the one being used to tell the story, only the meaning rather than the form is kept.

However, I think Sara Novik's way of showing ASL dialogue in True Biz is cool and represents how space is used in ASL. I don't have the book so I can't post a picture but I wrote about it for a paper.

[Image ID: Screenshot of an essay. the paragraphs each have their own column. The first on the left, the second on the right, and the third in the middle.

The POV characters dialogue was in one area of the page,

And the other characters dialogue was in a different area.

If there were multiple characters in a conversation they would get their own space as they entered the conversation.

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Something I get mildly annoyed about in writing (mostly in fanfics, since I haven’t encountered a published book with this), is when sign language is depicted identical to speaking. Like, commas, contractions, stuttering, etc.

When I was taught ASL in high school, we were told there was a way to write down sign, but it’s not like how you’d write a spoken English sentence. Words are typically in all caps, lack any -ing/-ed, and have a different grammatical structure.

For example: “I went to school today” would be made into something like “TODAY SCHOOL I GO TO”

Obviously, I’m not someone who’s remotely fluent in ASL, and high school classes do not give me the right to winge and criticize on behalf of those who do speak it. I just found it odd that I’ve never seen Glossing used at all in writing, and it bugged me that signs were used essentially like spoken dialogue (how does one stutter in sign language?), when there’s a uniqueness to the language that gets erased in the process.

Can

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Can in American Sign Language. Both hands in S handshape, palms down move down firmly to waist height. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent blue and pink in different stages of the sign. Background is white.

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Cook

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Cook in American Sign Language. Both hands in open B handshape. Dominant hand hits base hand palm with palm down then palm up. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, and purple in different stages of the sign. Background is transparent.

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Swim

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Swim in American Sign Language. Both hands in bent B handshape start in fron together the move to either side and back. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.

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Cow

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

[Image ID: Cow in American Sign Language. Both hands in Y handshape, thumbs touching temples and palms facing forward, then hand twists downwards. Hands are on a cow face. End ID]

a sign of affection media review: Deaf representation (under cut long lots of points to discuss)

a sign of affection is anime about a Deaf college student yuki.

they showed the sign language on screen most of the time characters were signing. (apparently creator worked with Deaf friend to make sure signs were accurate. don't know japanese or signed japanese so can't say if signing was correct.)

good depiction of hearing aids & auditory processing. when yuki wears her hearing aids she can hear some sounds but she can't tell where they are coming from & she has trouble identifying sounds (& sounds don't form words).

good respectful about yuki's voice. yuki character have voice actor narrate her thoughts & signs out loud but yuki doesn't speak. she explains one point she copy people's mouth shape learn to speak but she has deaf accent. she only uses voice with her family.

okay with lip reading depiction. don't know if japanese is easier to lipread than english. but yuki mainly understands others with lipreading only no sound cues. is only shown make mistakes or misunderstand few times. good job she can't lip read when character wears masks or mouth not in her sight line.

sad there is not more sign. for having multiple Deaf & signing characters, not much sign language presence. even when talk to yuki characters know sign language not always sign to her. also usually talk to her instead of write . burden is on yuki for communication. also even yuki not sign very much usually type on phone or gesture.

which relate to next point: not good Deaf community representation. yuki went to Deaf school & has Deaf friends but hardly ever see her Deaf friends & her interact with Deaf community.

she in mainstream college setting no interpreter . all hearing friends now & again communicate way is most convenient for them. yuki not participate in conversations a lot & nearly always hear from yuki is just internal monologue. Deaf character is isolated.

one more thing yuki infantilized. she is shorter than most other characters include other girl characters (on its own not problem just how fit into whole character). have a signing character say Deaf people should not go out into college/hearing world & should be kept safe, & same character intervenes in situations involving Deaf characters without their permission. (think that character overall shown as be negative behavior though.)

last point: captions. maybe just version i watch but subtitles only translation of the spoken japanese. no caption for sound effects/music which ironic given is show about Deaf character. think would be accessible to Deaf audience especially when sounds sometimes important to scene.

overall: cute story, okay representation. probably made for hearing audience. definite things would like to see handle better but pretty good overall.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/14/theater/american-idiot-asl-los-angeles-deaf-west.html?searchResultPosition=1&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3oM4BVQBMnHXJFnIM2Fm_rrGdv99AP6g9j0yYouduRvKP8DytlEvpz-pM_aem_HB5hcQKonvyP1pkEfk2PMg&sfnsn=mo

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Had to share epic news from the New York Times about Deaf West Theater and the Mark Forum in Los Angeles, California creating Green Day's "American Idiot" with sign language this November! Will you go?

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