Deaf TikToker Uses App To Raise Awareness

This viral TikTok from a Deaf creator is moving hearing people to learn American Sign Language.

LOS ANGELES, California -- Deaf activist and TikToker, Chrissy Marshall's blog "The Essential Sign" shares experience on social media, she is raising awareness about the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community and teaching hearing people sign language, one viral video at a time.

If you don't live with a disability, you may not appreciate how crucial and meaningful community and accessibility are - but one viral TikTok is demonstrating it perfectly.

Chrissy Marshall, a 19-year-old content creator in Los Angeles, was born hard of hearing and became profoundly Deaf in high school. Now, she makes content on YouTube and TikTok about her disability and American Sign Language.

One of those videos captures a "special" day she had recently. In the TikTok video, Marshall, looking happy and excited, recounts her day of encountering three people who signed to her in American Sign Language.

"The sun was shining, people were signing, and everything felt so fluid," Marshall told BuzzFeed News in an interview. "I thought I was being pranked or something, like cameras were going to pop out and ask about my day."

"The area has a big Deaf community," she added, "and I’m glad and inspired to see the impact it’s had on the greater community as a whole."

The video is making other people happy too, and it's encouraging them to learn American Sign Language.

"Oh my god. Today has been crazy," she says and signs in the video. "Today I went to three places and all three people signed."

She describes stopping at the bank, where a teller signed with her, then at Starbucks, where a Deaf barista signed, and then she grabbed a pretzel, where the worker also signed.

"Everyone signed! It was like a perfect world. It's like a utopia."

The TikTok was reuploaded to Twitter, where it went viral.

Marshall said her online platform has given her the opportunity to spread awareness about disability rights, American Sign Language, and deafness.

Her other videos cover what it's like to be Deaf. She also posts fun ones like American Sign Language versions of songs.

"I’m so glad it’s just more people I get the opportunity to educate and inspire to be part of the community," said Marshall. "I am a huge advocate for people learning American Sign Language, and I’m happy and grateful so many people were inspired to do so."

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She hope after this video you have a new perspective on how you interact with Deaf people. Like, share, subscribe​ The Essential Sign Channel on YouTube.

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Deaf Podcast - The ASL Debate Thread

Deaf Podcast is a place where conversations begin, the discussion can help you talk about interesting topics and learn others point of view.

The Deaf Podcast is part of the digital media frontier of accessibility for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community. What is Deaf Podcast all about? The live podcast features unusually in-depth conversations about controversial debatable topics.

Deaf Podcast platform is open to public. The purpose of this Deaf Podcast is to create a live one to one chat to have debates or discussions related to your interests. The Deaf Podcast host 'Xoldie' known as Harold Ambeau decided to start a Deaf Podcast on Facebook a social networking for the Deaf community.

Ambeau is beyond grateful for those people who fully involved with the ASL & Deaf community. Deaf Podcast is a great way to provide you viewers with vauable content by his works for the community. please to subscribe this channel to see all videos at DeafPodcast channel on YouTube.

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How Technology Can Enrich Deaf Lives

Talks at Google - Nyle Dimarco: How technology can enrich Deaf lives.

SAN FRANCISCO, California -- This is a historical event for Talks at Google, because it is completely conducted through American Sign Language (ASL).

Model, actor, and activist Nyle DiMarco sits down with Google during our annual Accessibility Week to talk about Deaf culture, the mission and vision behind his foundation, and ways to reduce language deprivation for Deaf and Hard of Hearing children through technological solutions. DiMarco discusses the need to include Deaf people in the process of new technological implementations and how important of an impact that will make on our world.

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Nyle DiMarco has been breaking down barriers and winning over audiences since 2014. As a fan favorite on cycle 22 of America's Next Top Model, he became the second male winner and first Deaf contestant on the hit CW series.

The following year, partnered with Peta Murgatroyd, he took home the coveted mirror ball trophy on season 22 of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars.

DiMarco has quickly become the face of not only the Deaf community but disabled people worldwide (1.4 billion people with disabilities worldwide and 466 million people with hearing loss). He founded The Nyle DiMarco Foundation, which focuses on bilingual education and aims to improve access to accurate information about early language acquisition.

DiMarco is an inspiration to many and speaks all over the world, spreading the word of inclusion and acceptance. As a producer, Nyle is working on various scripted and non-scripted projects with the overall goal of telling new stories and empowering disabled people both in front and behind the camera.

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Deaf Speaker Joanne Chester "Not Just Deaf"

TEDx Dun Laoghaire host the TEDx conference with Deaf activist and speaker Joanne Chester "Not just Deaf."

Activist, and speaker Joanne Chester is Deaf and an Irish Sign Language user. She is a Community Worker and Youth Worker with a passion for social justice. She featured in the “London Calling” documentary which was aired last May on RTE. In the light of the documentary, she campaigns for Access to Work in Ireland and for Deaf people to be included as equal citizens.

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She says “There are many potential rising stars from the Deaf community who yearn to strive in society but they face barriers daily due to inadequate access and deep-rooted prejudices. With a shift in attitude, we can create a better society for us all”. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Read more at TEDxDunLaoghaire.

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Making Education Accessible To Deaf Children

TEDxKlagenfurt host the TED conference with Deaf activist, Nyle DiMarco, shares experience as growing up Deaf.

Communication is the very foundation of our ability to thrive in life. But what happens when our disability hinders our ability to communicate? Millions of Deaf children around the world lack proper education, which affects the quality of life as adults. Growing up Deaf, Nyle DiMarco, now shares his vision of improving the lives of Deaf children around the world. He manages to get his message across loud and clear - communication is always possible.

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Nyle DiMarco is a model, an actor and also an activist. In 2014 he became the second male winner and the first Deaf contestant to win American's Next Top Model. Only two years later he added the Mirror Ball Trophy to his collection after winning Dancing With the Stars,. As a model, he has walked the runway for Giorgio Armani at Milan Fashion Week. Yet, his greatest acchievement was to become the face of the Deaf community and disabled people worldwide.

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Making Video Games Better For The Deaf

Designing for Disability: Making games better for the Deaf.

Game Maker's Toolki, hosted by Mark Brown, a series about video game design on YouTube channel. Video games are for everyone. But disabled people can be left out if developers don’t consider their needs.

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In this series of videos, Mark Brown will be sharing guidelines and best practices for making games more accessible to a wide range of disabilities. Starting with auditory options, for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

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Deaf Student Teaching Lessons On Accessibility

Deaf cosmetologist student teaching lessons on accessibility at the Colorado community college.

CORTEZ, CO -- Scottsbluff Star Herald: Going back to school as a single parent with two kids is challenging for many.

For Amanda Schuster getting certified as a cosmetologist has had an additional layer of complexity because she is completely Deaf.

To get the most from her classes, she taught her instructor and others at the Southwest Colorado Community College how to accommodate her, helping to pave the way for other students that might follow her.

"I've never allowed my deafness to stop me," she said, through her interpreter Dawn Kern-Anderson.

Styling hair has always been one of Schuster's passions, but when she decided to go back to school to get certified it required some coordination with the college.

The college didn't have an interpreter on staff, so she got in touch with Kern-Anderson, her interpreter from high school to translate her classes. It's a service that the college pays for.

While Schuster can read lips, Kern-Anderson makes it much easier for her to keep up with her peers.

"It makes me feel like a normal person in the classroom," she said.

Schuster is Brenda Knapp's first Deaf student and the experience has taught her to slow down and avoid tangents in her lectures that might be hard to translate.

"You have to be very structured," Knapp said.

While Schuster appreciates help from Kern-Anderson, she has been in the hearing world her whole life and she doesn't need an interpreter all the time.

Her parents always pushed her to communicate in both English and American Sign Language after she lost her hearing at 14 months to spinal meningitis.

She attended Project Talk in California, which specializes in helping Deaf children learn to talk, and speech therapy through the San Juan Board of Cooperative Educational Services.

Growing up she also excelled in sports including tennis, cheer leading, volleyball and sharp-shooting. After high school, she attended two years college in California and majored in photography.

"I never let anything stop me, although people do try," she said.

Her long-term goal after she finishes classes in cosmetology and aesthetics is to open a salon and photography business.

But before she can take her state test to get certified, she has to complete 1,800 hours in class.

During all her time in school, she has noticed several ways the school can be more accessible and safe for Deaf students.

For example, after the school held an assembly on school safety following a college shooting in Oregon, she suggested the school install TVs and more lights as part of the alarm system. These could help make Deaf students aware of an emergency.

In addition, none of the other students are able to bring their phones into class. But Schuster can't be reached through a regular telephone during personal emergencies, so Knapp made an exception for her.

But rather than being given special treatment, Schuster would be prefer the school have video phones available so she could communicate not only with her family, but with school administrators on different campuses.

"I'm trying to improve the systems, not just for me but for everyone," she said.

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Parents Of Deaf Children Encouraged To Learn Sign Language

Parents of Deaf children encouraged to learn sign language.

KENYA -- Parents of Deaf children need to learn sign language in order to communicate with their children.

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This is the proposal by the undugu society of Kenya, who maintain that most Deaf children, especially those from poor backgrounds, live most of their formative years in silence because both their parents and the community at large cannot communicate with them.

The society also faulted the education system for not being accommodative enough to enable effective learning by Deaf children.

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Future Of Electronic Devices For The Deaf

Expected in future of technology devices for the Deaf have various abilities to communicate, relate to, and access their world.

We see a world where communication is open and transparent. A world where every Deaf person can interact freely with others. It's not simply a far-fetched dream, it's our vision for the future.

The technology devices can support, change or modify an individual's ability to succeed at tasks that they otherwise may not be able to accomplish.

Expected Future or the Deaf. Share our Vision, Make it a Reality.

It's why Communication Service for the Deaf, Inc. (CSD) exists, and why we come to work every single day. CSD has always belonged to the community, and this vision belongs to you. For more, visit www.c-s-d.org/innovations.

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'Sign Language is Strength' Demonstration

10,000 Deaf people protested in Berlin for equal rights and participation in the German society at by the Federal Parliament.

BERLIN, Germany -- 14 June 2013 about 10,000 mostly Deaf people from all over the West for your rights and accessibility demonstrated by sign language. The demonstration route ran from the Reichstag to the vicinity of Checkpoint Charlie on Friedrichstrasse. Mel Riot reported.

25 years ago, on 17 June 1988 the European Parliament decided that the respective national sign language should be recognized as full-fledged language in all Member States of the European Community.

Due to the prolonged struggle of the Deaf community and the support of many politicians the respective sign language is now recognized in most countries of the European Union and the Deaf fellow citizens have the right of access to information in their native language. However, there are still countries where the national sign language is not recognized, and in Germany there are still many situations in which Deaf people, despite the recognition of sign language, equal access to institutions of public life is denied.

With the demonstration of "action sign language" grab those affected exactly this topic, and want to show that the German sign language even though she is 11 years officially recognized in Germany, is not yet considered in all aspects as a matter of course. Deaf people encounter still many barriers and there are big differences in quality of the services for hearing-impaired people.

The Walking Deaf 14.06.2013 Demonstration in Berlin, Germany:

Nor is self-evident in the pre-school education, access to sign language and a bilingual early intervention.

An example of this is the education in which the foundation for the further development opportunities and hard of hearing children is fixed. For the school, it is very important for children and young people that they are taught by teachers who are their sign language skills at a sufficiently high level. This can only ensure the fewest educational institutions so far unfortunately. Fact: Deaf children and young people are still not self-evident taught sign language.

Even in the areas of communication and information access in which people with hearing impairments still bump into barriers, must the quality of sign language interpreters, the selection of personnel in institutions and agencies that are working for hearing-impaired people, saved and checked in the best case by native speakers are. Only in this way can be guaranteed that the barriers are broken down and Deaf people can live in an inclusive society, Read More.

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Deaf Awareness: 'Hear No Evil' Short Film

Deaf short film 'Hear No Evil' filmed in Canada.

'Hear No Evil' is a film that follows a day in the life of James, a Deaf student who is falling behind at university, and who feels alone in the world as a result of his disability.

A fantastic performance from actor Patrick Roberts, along with cutting edge sound design by Canadian artist Sebastien Hebert (aka. Sleeping On Lotus Ashes), make this film unique in its approach to portray emotion without resorting to dialogue.

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ASL Phonetics Can Do For Deaf Babies

Look what American Sign Language phonetics can do for Deaf Babies.

Deaf aunt made a video focusing on ASL phonetics for Deaf toddlers using pictures from Dr. Seuss's Hop on Pop book. She used rhymes and rhythms in all of her sentences by repeating specific handshapes, movements, locations, palm orientations, and non-manual signals.

Deaf-centric materials and videos such as nursery rhymes, ASL phonetics, and language play are lacking for Deaf babies aged between 0 and 5 years old.

Look at how enthralled her 3-month-old Deaf nephew is by watching her play with ASL phonetics (handshape, movement, location, palm orientation, and non-manual signals) in the video. She believe this is the answer.

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Deaf Community Demonstration In Kenya

Deaf Kenya comminity, protest, rally march for Rights in capital city.

NAIROBI, Kenya -- As the preparation for the first ever presidential debate in Kenya gathers momentum, Kenyans' excitement and eagerness for this historic debate is very evident in the street of Nairobi.

But unfortunately this is not the case for the Kenya National Association for the Deaf as they held protests yesterday at the Ministry of Information demanding for their right to access information in Kenya.

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How To Caption YouTube Videos

YouTube blogging teaches how to makes captioning your videos.

Matt Ballek teaches people how to makes closed captioning your videos not only makes them more acessable for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing, but they also make the contents of your video more accessible to YouTube.

Once YouTube knows exactly what is being said in your video you will be more likely to rank when people search for related words or phrases.

Did you know a very simple way already exists in the YouTube interface to add captions? Follow along with one of your own videos and watch your views increase. Visit http://vidiseo.com/how-to-caption-youtube-videos/ for more details.

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911 Staff Will Text Message With Deaf Canadians

Canadians who have hearing or speech problems will soon be able to send text messages to 911 services.

OTTAWA, Ontario -- Canadians who have hearing or speech problems will soon be able to send text messages to 911 services, other Canadians, however, must continue to communicate with 911 services over the phone, says Canada's telecommunications regulator.

By Jan. 24, 2014, all telephone and wireless companies must upgrade their networks to support text messaging communication with Canadians who have hearing and speech impairments. The service may become available before then in areas where the upgrades are completed early.

"Services such as 911 are critical to the health and safety of all Canadians,” said Jean-Pierre Blais, chairman of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in a statement Thursday.

“This initiative is a perfect example of how technology can be used to improve access to 911 services for Canadians with disabilities." ...Read The Full Story.

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Dispatcher Hailed Hero For Helping Deaf Woman's Mother

Dispatcher hailed hero for helping Deaf woman's mother through by VRS.

NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- A Clarksville woman is grateful to a 911 dispatcher who got help to her Deaf mother Monday night. Lisa Prichard lives in Clarksville and was home when her mother texted her that something was wrong.

Prichard was able to video call her mother Joy Gournaris, 68, at Gournaris' Antioch home. "She was confused, she didn't understand what was going on and was getting ready to pass out," Prichard said.

Prichard knew if she tried to drive to her mother's home from Clarksville it would take her an hour. She was also concerned because it appeared her mother was having a stroke and every second counted.

Prichard kept her mother on video phone and called 911 from her Clarksville home. Clarksville's 911 center transferred her to Nashville where 911 Dispatcher Lori Bentley took over the phone call.

"While, I'm communicating with sign language with my mother I was talking to the dispatcher," Prichard said. "I had to really be calm and think about what I was saying. I wanted to cry and scream, but I stayed calm for my mother."

The video relay system Gournaris uses has a 911 emergency component that allows her to make emergency calls... Read The Full Story.

ASL Rose: Two Deaf Babies

Deaf Awareness: "Two Deaf Babies" Short Film Documentary

ASL Rose was founded in 2004 by two Deaf women, Dr. E. Lynn Jacobowitz and Dr. Adonia K. Smith, for the purpose of creating, publishing, and distributing ASL-English bilingual materials.

ASL Rose provides consultation, training, material development, and video production. The guiding philosophy of ASL Rose is that all of our products provide access to both ASL (DVD, web-based TV, animated video) and English (text, closed captions, and voice-over) audiences.

The first product of ASL Rose, Have You Ever Seen…? An American Sign Language (ASL) Handshape DVD/Book received a five-star rating review in the educational book category at https://aslrose.com/history.

Visit for more information at https://aslrose.com.

NBC's "The Doctors" Shines A Spotlight On Dogs For The Deaf

"The Doctors" Shines a spotlight on dogs for the Deaf, Oct 5th, 2012.

A Southern Oregon non-profit showed a national TV audience just how much it is making a difference in people's lives today. This as Central Point's Dogs for the Deaf was invited to be a special guest on NBC's syndicated show, "The Doctors."

NBC5's Laura Cavanaugh reports. The Rogue Valley's own Carrie Brooks took center stage in front of a national television audience Thursday on the set of NBC's "The Doctors." The certified dog trainer demonstrated how highly trained dogs, like Bonsai, help work sounds for those with hearing loss.

Brooks, along with Oscar-winning actress, Marlee Matlin, sang the praises of Southern Oregon's Dogs for the Deaf... Read The Full Story.

Related Posts: #DeafOregonians - #DeafNews

Deaf Art Community - I'M POSSIBLE

Deaf Art Community Jogja group hip hop bisu tuli from Indonesia.

“In nature there’s no blemish but the mind, none can be called deformed but unkind” (William Shakespeare in Twelfth Night Act III Scene IV)

Never has God created imperfect people, or what-is-so-called ‘disabled’. People who call them as disabled are the most cruel people. God created people with the highest perfection and having the same right to develop their potentials to gain wealth.

Until these days, the lives of disabled people and Deaf people in Indonesia are still marginalized both structurally and culturally. There is injustice to get their rights for education, jobs, health, social, culture, law, access for information, and public facilities use. In other word, there is discrimination toward disabled people in the society. Attitudes towards disability are quite bad in Indonesia, and there is a lingering association of impairment with wrong-doing.

Most people are embarrassed about disability, and Deaf children are sometimes hidden away, especially in rural areas. Some of the Deaf people in the organisations we work with say their parents let them come to meetings in the hope that they will ‘become normal’ by forbidding them from using sign language. Faced with negative attitudes like this, Deaf children often grow up to have low self-esteem and little self-confidence.

Too many people are busy with their own importance; trying to get more money, chasing better carriers, and thinking to get higher positions, or even cheating for their own sakes as they have forgotten their surroundings that need their hands.

Through this paper, I would like to invite people to step into the proud of, emergent DEAF-WORLD and learn about its language, values, history, and concerns and to see a ‘real world’ surround us, but might have not been seen or heard by our very own eyes & ears to ‘open’ other people’s eyes to see a Deaf community that is considered as a minor-marginal-community in Indonesia as disabled people, while not many people realize that Deaf community is not disabled people but they see themselves as ‘language minority group’ who are fighting to get their right of sign language as their first mother tongue language.

Through our presentation, we will guide all of you to have a wonderful journey tour into the Deaf world in Indonesia, their Deaf culture, sign language, Deaf education and their life. We will have it through our interactive workshop, to give you an opportunity to experience a little of what the works is like for a Deaf person.

In everyday like, Deaf people try to overcome barriers to communication in an environment that is designed to meet needs of hearing people. We hope that this workshop will provide a valuable insight into the life of Deaf people.

By attending the workshop, you will gain a better understanding of how to communicate with deaf people (communication strategies), how to be Deaf like is, some basic Indonesian sign, how Deaf enjoy the music and culture art in theatre. Indonesia News video clip: Deaf Art Community Jogja.

What Is It Like For Deaf People Without Captions?

What is it like for Deaf people without captions? [#captionTHIS]

See the original #captionTHIS video :#captionTHIS.
See the second #captionTHIS video: #captionTHIS Day of Action.

Sign the petition at:
https://change.org/petitions/tell-cnn-to-start-providing-equal-access.

To send letters to different companies and learn more about this:
https://blog.deafpolitics.org/2012/05/captionthis-social-media-movement.html

Further information regarding captioning and accessibility can be found at:

GLAD's lawsuit against CNN:
https://gladinc.org/information-center/in-the-news/2011/breaking-news-cnn-.

NAD's lawsuit against Netflix:
https://nad.org/news/2011/6/nad-files-disability-civil-rights-lawsuit.

Collaborative for Communication Access via Captioning:
https://ccacaptioning.org.

More Benefits of captions:
https://curbcut.net/accessibility/the-benefits-of-captions-legit.

Forbes article on CC Upgrades, Searchability and Why It's Personal:
https://onforb.es/y3pYki.

Video created by Jules Dameron:
https://julesdameron.com.