I Started Learning Sign Language Because Of When I'm So Overwhelmed I Can't Speak. It Has Brought Me

Had to do a PowerPoint for school and decided it needed more art at the last second.

[Image IDs: 7 drawings of signs in American Sign Language along with English translations. Movement is shown by various shades of blue going up in brightness. In order the signs are immersion, great, goal, topic, success, learn and experience. End ID]

sorry i spam your blog 😭

feel free to let me know if you want anything changed as to your content on my blog but i really like how pretty they are. i by no means want people to use tumblr to learn asl but i just Love having them all in one place after being part of the community for so long

thank you for sharing your pretty art!

- @asl-emojis

Like, Share, Happy

Sources

Like: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

Share: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

Happy: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Image 1: like, as in enjoy or the opposite of dislike, in American Sign Language. Hand in open 8 handshape touches chest with thumb and middle finger then moves away and closes into 8 handshape. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.

Image 2: share in American Sign Language. Both hands in open B handshape. Base hand palm faces signer with thumb up. Dominant hand sweeps back and fourth across base hand next to thumb and along pointer finger. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.

Image 3: happy in American Sign Language. Both hands in open B handshape brush upward against chest. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, and purple in different stages of the sign. Smiley face emoticon is blue.

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I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again but it is absolutely an example of civilizational inadequacy that only deaf people know ASL

“oh we shouldn’t teach children this language, it will only come in handy if they [checks notes] ever have to talk in a situation where it’s noisy or they need to be quiet”

Halloween

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

[Image ID: Halloween in American Sign Language. Both hands in bent B handshape, palms facing the signer with fingers pointing up, twist back and fourth over the signers face. The hands are orange and purple and a purple face has fangs. End ID]

Love

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Love in American Sign Language. Both hands in S handshape, arms crossed over each other over the signers chest. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent blue and pink in different stages of the sign. There is a purple heart over the crossed arms. Background is white.

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Invisible/Overlooked

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Invisible/Overlooked in American Sign Language. Hand upright in in open B handshape palm facing back rotates at the elbow so hand swipes past the face.

Image 1 is white to blend in with tumblr's true blue mode, image 2 is dark blue to blend in with tumblr's low-contrast mode, and image 3 is dark grey to blend in with tumblr's dark mode

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I forgot to post yesterday but DPAN.TV had an interpreter team for the debate. You can still watch it.

[Transcript from DailyMoth.com:

Do you plan to watch the presidential debate on Tuesday night? Donald Trump versus Kamala Harris? DPAN announced that it would provide ASL interpreters, specifically Deaf interpreters, for the debate. You have to go to the website DPAN.tv. They will stream the debate from ABC News and add interpreters. It is a really nice way to experience the debate because whenever I watched debates with just captioning, it didn’t really show interruptions or crosstalk. The captions can’t keep up. But with interpreters, you can see both candidates talking at the same time, and any interruptions from the moderator. You can feel the tone, the drama, or the flow. Nice! So are you ready for tomorrow (Tuesday) night? 9 pm EST. Go to DPAN.tv. Thank you to DPAN for providing ASL access.

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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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I'm learning how to do websites in my Ed Tech class, so I made The Sign - Resource. It's a bunch of reasources for learning ASL and Deaf culture.

Why’d you decide to be an interpreter?

(Also, hai! I saw you followed me :D)

Hi👋

I love signing, but also, I have experience with disability from both sides (chronic pain and working in assisted living). To me, serving a community you identify with just hits different. I know many Deaf people don't identify as disabled and I've never really been deaf, but I think there are a lot of parallels between my experiences facing inaccessibility as well as the pride and assumptions that come with being trans and the experience of many Deaf people I've met.

I'm also immersed in the Deaf community. Like I said earlier, it's important to me to be a part of the community I serve, but that's not the reason I interact with the Deaf community. I genuinely prefer socializing in ASL. People used to think I was an introvert, but now I go to social events at least weekly and often multiple times a week because I go to every Deaf event open to hearing people. So really it's more because I'm a hearing person in the community that I want to be an interpreter than the other way around.