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An ABC Story

Oct 23, 2015deafinprisonorg5 CommentsASL, Humor, Video#JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, ABC Stories in ASL, ASL Learners by DeafInPrison.com, BitcoDavid, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Embedded Media

By BitcoDavid There are two essential reasons why it is harder to learn ASL as a second language, than spoken languages. First, Sign is a conceptual language rather than a symbolic one. The word table, in English, doesn’t mean a thing with four legs that sits in your kitchen. That would be your dog or

An ASL Video by Me

Aug 9, 2015deafinprisonorg2 CommentsEmbeded Files, Video#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, ASL, ASL Learners by DeafInPrison.com, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Embedded Media

By BitcoDavid [wpvideo crTfp5yg] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a cab driver. He is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and a Pro/Am boxer. He has spent years working with diet and exercise to combat obesity and

Skype and the Deaf

Jan 6, 2015deafinprisonorg3 CommentsASL, Deaf and the Internet, Editorials#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #KeepASLinSchools, #StopHearingLossBullying, ASL Learners by DeafInPrison.com, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Microsoft, Skype

By BitcoDavid Video Relay is a godsend for the Deaf community. It allows those who cannot speak or hear, to engage in phone conversations with those who can. And it does so with far greater ease and speed, than its predecessor, TTY. But Video Relay has its drawbacks as well. It’s slower than full duplex

2014 in Review

Jan 2, 2015deafinprisonorg2 CommentsAdministrative Information, Awards and Accolades#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, ASL Learners by DeafInPrison.com, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Joanne Greenberg, New Year - New System, Pat Bliss

By BitcoDavid I hope you all had a great New Years holiday. Since my days of wearing lampshades have gone the way of the pterodactyl, my last vice consists entirely of food. Like all Jews, to me the last day of the year means one thing and one thing only – Chinese! I’ll be running

International Week of the Deaf

Sep 21, 2014deafinprisonorg3 CommentsEvents#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, ASL, ASL Learners by DeafInPrison.com, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, International Week of the Deaf

By BitcoDavid The last full week in September marks the International Week of the Deaf, commemorating – along with other things – the first Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, in 1951. The goal of the week long commemoration, is to bring awareness to the growth and success of the Deaf community, and

Boston Red Sox to Begin Training in ASL

Apr 1, 2014deafinprisonorgHumor, News#FreeFelix, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, ASL, ASL Learners by DeafInPrison.com, BitcoDavid, Boston Red Sox, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com

By BitcoDavid The 2013 World Champion Boston Red Sox will begin a program of ASL training for all players, according to principal owner, John Henry. Henry said, “This has nothing to do with communication. It occurred to me and to [team manager] John Farrell, that ASL would be a good way for our players to

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

According to the ASL Meetup group…

Jul 25, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsFelix Garcia Case#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, ASL, ASL Learners by DeafInPrison.com, BitcoDavid, Conjuring, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Facebook

By BitcoDavid Well, the results are in. According to the overwhelming majority at an unusually large Meetup group, last night – The Conjuring is a really scary movie. Some members told me – in flawless Sign, of course – that it’s even scarier than The Ring. The latter being the Scariest movie I, myself, have