Hmmm. How would you know who’s Deaf/HoH and who’s not? Deaf/HoH People look like humans. *GASP* in sign language That’s why deafness falls into the category of invisible disability. When introducing new signers to ASL, they often claim that they’ve never ever met or seen an actual person with hearing […]
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ASL Meet up – Augment Seattle – Sunday August 28
Presented by Future Arts! Join us with your mobile device in South Lake Union for immersive, augmented reality (AR) powered outdoor installations and mixed reality. “The New Nature”, evocative digitally altered worlds that show virtual landscapes relating to their historical environments; mixing natural habitats and inhabits. Meet up at 9th […]
Why should society learn sign language from Deaf instructors?
Is it okay for a Hearing person to teach sign language? Eh, that’s been a controversial question in the Deaf community because it certainly is viewed as an appropriation of the language and culture. It only contributes to the systematic oppression that the Deaf folks have been suffering from for […]
Saturday August 13 – ASL Lounge at On The Block
This Saturday – 1-9 PM: Join Visually Speaking at the ASL Lounge for On the Block in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood! 🙌 🎉 The ASL Lounge is an outdoor social space for signers, new signers, and the Deaf/HoH, DeafBlind and Deaf/Disabled community to network, hang out and learn. 🧏 ✨ […]
Get Creative at the New Voices Off Craft Night
Get crafty + practice signing at our NEW Voices-Off Craft Night every first Sunday of the month at Vermillion Room in Seattle! 👩🎨 🎨 ✂️ 📰 First event will be a collage night. Supplies generously provided by Blue Cone Studios and On The Block- Communitea events. You may also bring […]
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