Disability

Kamala

[Image ID: Kamala Harris's sign name. Hand in a 3 fingered O handshape twists and opens in a 3 handshape with palm facing signer. Hands are blue line art. Kamala is written along the thumb. End ID]

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Bone

Sources: Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Bone in American Sign Language. Both hands in bent V handshape, palms facing signer, tap at the wrists. Hands and arms are bones with a black outline.

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Difficult

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Difficult or Problem in American Sign Language. Both hands in bent V handshape, palm facing signer scrape past each other. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.

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Deaf owned businesses

Also look up Deaf owned businesses in your area specifically because this is not a comprehensive list. It does not include Crepe Crazy in Austin, Texas which has the best crepes in the world

it's a little early for this but could we get a happy Halloween if you haven't already?

Sure, it's close enough

Halloween

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Halloween in American Sign Language. Both hands in bent B handshape rotate to cover the eyes. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent purple and orange. Eyes and fangs are purple.

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Umoja (Unity)

Unity

Sources: National Black Deaf Advocates, SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The word for Unity in American Sign Language. Both Hand are linked in F handshape. Hands pull each other in a circle parallel to the ground in front of the signer. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent red, green, and black in different stages of the sign. Background is white.

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Fireworks

Sources: SigningSavvy, ASLDeafined

[Fireworks in American Sign Language. Hands crossed in S handshape separate as they move up and open to 5 handshape. Movement is repeated three times as body rotates from left to right. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, purple, and pink in different stages of the sign.

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Autism

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Autism in American Sign Language. Hand upright in 5 handshape palm facing signer closes into flat O handshape as it arches toward signer's chest and into base hand in C handshape. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.

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Ghost

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

[Image ID: ghost in American Sign Language. Both hands in F handshape. Base hand palm up and dominant hand palm down with tips of thumbs and index fingers touching. Then dominant hand moves upward. End ID]