It Was In My Inbox For A Month. I Think I've Made Them Wait Long Enough

if anyone happens to have a deaf west american idiot bo*t or even just clips they’re willing to share i will be indebted to you for life

i can trade for other bo*ts (i have dwsa, jlp, bom, deh, falsettos, and bmc i believe) if that’s a thing that is required but please please please please

sincerely, a deaf person with an extremely intense emotional attachment to this musical and this production especially

Lesbian

Sources: Lifeprint, ASLDeafined, them

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The sign for Lesbian in American Sign Language. Index finger of L handshape taps chin. Face outline, lips, and hand have the colors of the lesbian flag (three shades of orange, one of white, and two shades of pink) as a gradient.

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Schizophrenia

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Schizophrenia in American Sign Language. S handshape at the forehead, palm out opens to B handshape and zigzags slightly as it moves down. Movement is illustrated by arms that are shades of blue with white highlights in different stages of the sign. Silhouette of head is dark blue.

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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.

Netherlands

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Netherlands in American Sign Language. Both hands in 5 handshape to either side of the signers face palms facing signers head. Hand close into flat O handshape as they move away.

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MEET JUSTINA MILES, made history with her ASL performance during Rihanna's Super Bowl Halftime Show. Justina Miles is the first female deaf performer for the Super Bowl halftime show and did an energetic and enthusiast ASL rendition of Rihanna's performance.

This wasn't Miles' only history-making moment of the night. While Sheryl Lee Ralph was singing "Lift Every Voice and Sing," Miles signed the song, making it the first-time ever there was an ASL rendition of it at the Super Bowl.

Learn more about her → here

Twice

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Twice in American Sign Language. Middle finger of hand in two handshape brushes palm of base hand and moves up. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.

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Error

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Error in American Sign Language. Knuckles of Y handshape with palm facing signer rest on the chin. The hand, face outline, and :/ emotion represent the face are green with a glow effect. Background is black.

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Most of my art is digital for cost and convenience, but my favorite medium is paint. I usually use acrylic paint because I have not yet mastered watercolor and I don't have any other kind of paint.

Paint

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Bee

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Bee in American Sign Language. Hand in F handshape taps cheek then B handshape brushes side of the chin. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent blue, purple, and pink in different stages of the sign. Background is transparent.

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