Sign Language Blog

Chinese Girl Crowned Miss Deaf World 2007
China.Org - My dream comes true in Prague,” a tearful Bao told Xinhua in sign language. The title of first vice-miss went to 21-year-old Kristina Weber from Germany, and the second vice-miss to 18-year-old Nila Kudlyk from Ukraine. (Xinhua News Agency July 16

Schools change sign language
News.com.au - DEAF children will fall behind in school and have their future options limited because of a change in the type of sign language used in Queensland schools, according to worried parents. The Queensland Education Department has decided to stop using

In his life and work, Werner Herzog welcomes risks
MetroMix - I explained the part to him in sign language,” Herzog says. “But I didn’t want anyone else. He had a dangerous stare in his eyes that fascinated me.” For all his roguish tales, Herzog is someone who believes that what counts is real experience, not

Murder Suspect Tells Reporters He ‘Did It’
News4Jax.com - He is doing gang sign language,” Dodd said. He said as a defense attorney he wonders to whom Woodbury was signing and what he was saying, adding it could be a key to unlocking a defense. “Maybe somebody’s intimidating him into saying the things he is

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Bringing the beat to the deaf: New video signs John Mayer’s ‘Waiting
Detroit News - And D-PAN’s first music video, a shot-by-shot re-creation of Fort Minor’s emotional 2006 hit “Where’d You Go,” filmed in ASL, or American Sign Language, has received more than 64,000 views on the D-PAN Web site and YouTube. This week, D-PAN’s second

Deaf students, teachers reuniting today in McAllen
McAllen Monitor - Alumni contacted her from as far as California and Missouri. The deaf population is kind of small, so we interact with each other, Powell said through a sign language interpreter. Torres, a McAllen homemaker, graduated from the program at

Rose Barn to present two plays
Richmond Register - American Sign Language interpreted shows are July 19 for Romeo and Juliet and July 21 for The Fantasticks. All shows begin at 8 p.m. Gates open at 7:00. Seating is outdoors, and patrons are encouraged to bring a blanket or lawn chair

For Your Information
Miami Herald - Sign language ability is a requirement. Volunteers must be 25 years old. Amy Schwartzberg at 954-731-7200. Items contributed must be received at least two weeks in advance at Calendar Desk, The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Fifth Floor Newsroom, Miami

UW hosts computing academy for deaf and hard of hearing
Seattle Post Intelligencer - Nearby, a man and woman took turns translating their instructions through sign language. Another man sat with a student and signed into his hands. All 10 students in the class are deaf or hard of hearing. One is also blind. They’ve traveled from all

Sign language reflects dialect
Daily Yomiuri On-Line - In an attempt to preserve their local heritage, two groups of hearing impaired people have published a booklet that explains sign language particular to Kagawa Prefecture. “Like spoken words, sign language has dialects,” a spokesman for the Kagawa

The Smoking Section: Special Live Earth London Edition
Rolling Stone - In baby sign-language, she conveyed to her parents and Yours Smokingly that she wanted to put her earplugs back in and check out some more music. On our way into the crowd, Grohl told us that the Foos just recorded a cover of Band on the Run at

EXTRA: Man invents machine with a message
Las Cruces Sun-News - It could also conceivably be used as a method for the hearing and deaf to communicate back and forth, instead of using sign language. Frazier said the chair is also effective in getting one’s bodily fluids moving, so it could help people with poor

Local settings provide extra dimension
Contra Costa Times - Not everything is translated this way, but there is enough to give a good feel for sign language, and a richer context to the story. Not so nice, however, is the fact that Connor, a spirited woman who takes pride in her independence despite her

Can baby sign language delay speech?
MSNBC - Can baby sign language interfere with a child’s speech development? Should a preteen crawl in bed with her parents after a nightmare? Growing Up Healthy answers your queries. Have a question about children’s health and well-being? E-mail the author

Junction Days celebrate past
Idaho State Journal - evening presentation that included an opening prayer in the Bannock language by Shoshone-Bannock elder Ramona Walema and a presentation depicting women in early Idaho. The event came to a close with the Lord’s Prayer, presented in sign language by

MRDD clients have become contributors to the community
Coshocton Tribune - COSHOCTON - What began as a solution to monotony has radiated into the community and beyond. Diane Williams, habilitation manager at Hopewell Industries, wanted to develop a plan that went beyond occupying clients’ time when there wasn’t any sub