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SI5S Provides the Ability to Write in ASL

Jan 14, 2015deafinprisonorg1 CommentASL, Video#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, BitcoDavid, Communication, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, si5s

By BitcoDavid It’s written in an ASL finger spelling font, that is available for free download, from Gallaudet via LifePrint. This is useable as a novelty font, allowing the user to write English in the ASL finger spelling alphabet. But what if Sign actually had its own alphabet – or Digibet, if you will? For

#KeepASLInSchools Video Finally Done!

Mar 25, 2014deafinprisonorg4 CommentsEmbeded Files, Video#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Insight, DeafInPrison.com, Monica Hood

By BitcoDavid It was like the 7 labors of Hercules! All kidding aside, it was a great project and I am proud and happy to have been a part of it. So, without further ado… [wpvideo q0bvepp3] As I am working more and more with Sign now, I’m learning some of the significant differences between

How to Promote Early Reading Acquisition: First Promote ASL

Mar 14, 2014deafinprisonorg1 CommentASL, Editorials#BetterIn2014, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews, Language interpretation, Reading and Deafness

By Jean F. Andrews Reading continues to be one of the major obstacles for deaf adults in obtaining their Constitutional Rights. Reading court and legal documents is next to impossible. Even with a sign language interpreter the concepts are difficult to grasp. In the ivory tower the debate is whether the reading process is qualitatively

Terrell Brittain Advocates for Deaf Renters

Jan 29, 2014deafinprisonorgASL, Deaf History#BetterIn2014, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Deaf education, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Houston Chronicle, Jean F. Andrews

By Jean F. Andrews Deaf people are treated unfairly by housing leasing staff, according to a front-page story in the Houston Chronicle, January 27, 2014 by news reporter Jayme Fraser. In fact, office managers are reported to have rudely hung up on deaf inquirers who call in using relay interpreters. Why is this situation still happening in this

Resolutions

Jan 2, 2014deafinprisonorg3 CommentsEditorials, Felix Garcia Case#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, ASL, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Pat Bliss, Sign language

By BitcoDavid As a full third of Americans hunker down and prepare for Armageddon Storm 2014, I thought I might talk about some of my New Years resolutions. Now, I’m not a big resolution guy. I find that people tend to hit the ground running, but lose steam after about a month or so, leaving

Supporter Contribution by Dr. Damara Paris

Nov 6, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentASL, Editorials, Supporter Contributions#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, ASL name signs Deaf Awareness week, DeafInPrison Blog, Dr. Damara Paris, Holocaust, Jean F. Andrews, Native American

By Jean F. Andrews [Author’s Note: Dr. Paris is an assistant professor in the Dept of Deaf Studies/Deaf Education at Lamar University. She has done research with Native American Deaf Communities. — Jean Andrews] Native American and Deaf Communities: Parallels of Oppression Damara Paris, Ed.D, CRC, NCC Recently, the news has been rife with reports

It Takes Time to be an ASL/English Bilingual

Nov 1, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentASL, Editorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, ASL Learners by DeafInPrison.com, Bilingual education, Deaf in Prison, Deaf Inmates, DeafInPrison.com, Jean F. Andrews

By Jean F. Andrews Learning ASL and English does not happen quickly. It takes time as do all first language and second language learning. Delays in language learning is a fact in many deaf persons’ lives. But it does not have to be. Being deaf does not cause a language delay. It is the lack

Reading and Deaf Researchers

Oct 12, 2013deafinprisonorg2 CommentsASL#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Education, Jean F. Andrews, Lamar University

By Jean F. Andrews Since I’ve been in higher education, I’ve seen an increase in numbers of graduate students who are deaf apply to deaf education programs. I have also seen the increase in the hiring of professors who are deaf in different institutions where I have worked. The topics of their research papers are

I Meet McCay Vernon

Oct 1, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsOp-Ed#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Gallaudet University, Joanne Greenberg, McCay Vernon

By Joanne Greenberg About 40 years ago, a man called me up on the telephone. “I read your book, In This Sign, and I think you would be the one to work on a film I have in mind.” I was annoyed. “I’ve never written a script,” I said. He went on. “I have a

ASL Kids do Wizard of Oz

Sep 4, 2013deafinprisonorg8 CommentsEmbeded Files, Video#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, BitcoDavid, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Wizard of Oz, YouTube

By BitcoDavid Have a half an hour to kill, and wanna have some great fun? You’ll love this ASL version of the Wizard of Oz, performed by Eyes Alive! they are an elementary school performing arts group at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind. The kids are just great, and it’s good