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."

Source: BuzzFeedNews
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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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Applause For ASL Interpreters Amid Pandemic

Sign Language interpreters have become an essential part of keeping Deaf/HoH informed during daily briefings about the COVID-19 pandemic.

OTTAWA -- Amid the daily Coronavirus (COVID-19) briefings by multiple levels of government across Canada, a new public service figure is stepping into the spotlight - the American Sign Language Interpreter.

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Kenneth Searson has watched the profession grow across the country for years now. The Ottawa retiree, who is Deaf, recalled being left out of certain meetings because of a lack of interpreters during his 36 years working for the government.

Today, the 83-year-old feels proud to see so many interpreters conveying vital information daily - including his daughter Brenda Jenkins, regularly seen translating Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's coronavirus briefings into American Sign Language (ASL).

The Accessible Canada Act,, new legislation enacted in 2019, states that "all persons must have barrier-free access to full and equal participation in society." It also recognizes that ASL, Quebec Sign Language and Indigenous Sign Languages are primary languages of communication for Deaf Communities.

Thanks to the act, passed last June, "we are now seeing the presence of more and more sign language interpreters throughout Canada," said Jenkins, who was raised with sign language.

"I am a Child of Deaf Adults. This is my community. So I'm thrilled to see that there is finally parity and access for our community."

With so many Canadians tuning in to every COVID-19 press conference, the sign language interpreters alongside municipal, provincial and federal officials have become familiar faces in many households... Read The Full Story on CBC News.

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NYPD Officer Raised By Deaf Parents

400 new NYPD officers, including one who knows American Sign Language, sworn in under new commissioner.

NEW YORK CITY -- The NYPD now has 400 new police officers on the force.

The new recruits were sworn in Friday by Mayor Bill de Blasio and new police commissioner Dermot Shea at the Beacon Theatre on the Upper West Side.

The new class is the first to graduate under the new commissioner.

The latest class represents 21 different countries, and the new officers speak 34 languages, including one who knows sign language.

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Twenty-one-year-old Angel Familia signed his way through the national anthem at Friday’s NYPD police academy graduation, right before he graduated himself.

Even though an unwavering number of NYPD’s graduates’ second language is English, he is one of the first whose native tongue is spoken with his hands, and one of 10 officers who knows sign language.

The rookie cop was raised by two Deaf parents in the South Bronx. Familia is not Deaf himself, but he told CBSN New York’s John Dias sign language is the only language he knew until he was 7 years old.

Growing up, he had to translate for his parents, even at parent-teacher conferences.

“There was this one time, this teacher is saying, ‘He is throwing paper balls in class,’ and I told my mom, ‘Yeah, no. I’m getting all As.’ And my mom noticed the facial expression of the teacher, that she seemed upset, and so she caught on,” Familia said.

He attended speech therapy sessions until he got to high school and even taught his younger siblings to speak English and use sign language.

“I’m very proud. Also, my parents are very proud of me. We came a long way,” Familia said.

Familia translated his mother’s sign language, saying, “She felt the chills rushing through her body and she is happy that my son has become a New York City police officer.”

Now as an official American Sign Language linguistic for the NYPD, he wants to bridge the gap between police officers and the Deaf community living in New York City.

“The Deaf community is not acknowledged, so it’s important that we reach out and, you know, make public events and even if it’s just knowing the basic signs, to make conversations,” Familia said.

The most recent numbers show 208,000 New Yorkers are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.

“He is going to help the NYPD to relate to and connect to many New Yorkers who need help but wouldn’t know where to turn to unless there was someone who had that gift,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

His badge may show a sign of bravery, but his hands show a sign of unity.

Familia will be stationed in Manhattan’s 19th police precinct on the Upper East Side.

SOURCE - CBSN

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Deaf Choir Sings In Sign Language

Singing in sign language: Meet the first Deaf choir in NL, Canada.

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland & Labrador -- Singers were assembled for one-time performance - then the phone started ringing. They got together for a one-time performance. Then the phone started ringing.

Meet the Deaf Choir, a first of it's kind in Newfoundland & Labrador. Choir members say they're having fun, and giving the Deaf community a bigger voice.

The holidays are a busy time at the St. John's International Airport, but on a recent afternoon, travellers stopped in their tracks to take in a truly unexpected sight.

A choir, performing without words, singing with their hands.

The Deaf Choir was gathered in front of the massive airport Christmas tree. A dozen members, young and old, stood in the familiar semi-circle of choirs everywhere. The twinkling melody of I'll Be Home For Christmas filled the air.

But instead of belting the familiar refrain, the choir raised their arms, stretched out their fingers and signed the lyrics in unison.

Their actions swelled with emotion, their hands becoming musical instruments. In the language of Deaf people everywhere, they sing.

"Oh, I feel fabulous. Very inspiring to teach Deaf awareness here in the public," said choir member Myles Murphy, through an interpreter.

"It means that, you know, we were here. We are part of the public," said Murphy, a member of the choir and executive director of the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of the Deaf.

"I'm full of Christmas spirit here today," said choir member Linda Healey, also through an interpreter. "I'm really happy that people are getting the awareness out here, and we are showing that Deaf people can do anything when it comes to performing." ... Read The Full Story at CBC NL.

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Deaf Vlogger 'Xoldie' The Daily Vlog

Meet Xoldie a daily vlog for the community in American Sign Language.

Deaf vlogger 'Xoldie' known as Harold Ambeau of Texas, but lives in Germany, he is also using in American Sign Language, he decided to start a daily vlog for the community, share life experiences with the family in Berlin. Daily vlogging is a lot of work, but it's a great way to keep his fans engaged.

Ambeau is beyond grateful for those people who fully involved with the ASL & Deaf community. The daily vlog is a great way to provide you viewers with vauable content. Find out how he started his vlog and what he have learned so far, please to subscribe to channel to see his next videos at Xoldie channel.

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ASL Terp Rocks The Guinness World Record

American Sign Language interpreter keeping up with the fastest rapper ever deserves her own title.

CHICAGO, IL -- At 280 words per minute, Twista clocks in as the fastest rapper of all time, so when sign language interpreter, Amber Galloway Gallego was able to keep up, word for word, with the Chicago rapper at a recent concert, the Internet was more than impressed.

In a video clip that deservedly went viral, fans can watch Amber Galloway Gallego not only keep pace with Twista (whom FiveThirtyEight declared the fastest rapper of all time in 2014 based on speed and words per minute) but emphatically bring the heat with the dexterity of her signing skills.

This isn’t the first time that Galloway Gallego, a certified American Sign Language (ASL) interpreter for nearly two decades and advocate for equal access, has gotten some major love online for her work as a sign language interpreter; her distinctive moves have shared the stage with artists like Eminem, Snoop Dogg and Kendrick Lamar, the latter’s concert giving her one of her most memorable viral moments when she captured the essence of his expletive-ridden verse on A$AP Rocky’s “F*ckin’ Problems” at Lollapalooza in 2013.

Twista's sign language interpreter hitting every single word he fires off on stage is 10/10 content. She needs a Guinness World Record as seen on pic.twitter.com/8GwEaA1Oza.

SOURCE - TIMES

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Deaf Entrepreneur - The Igor Djenge Skit Show

Deaf Comedian and actor Igor Djenge takes you on a trip down the rabbit hole through his skits of comedy, wackiness, and craziness.

LOS ANGELES -- The Igor Djenge Skit Show in American Sign Language, a Deaf actor, artist and entrepreneur, Igor Djenge 'troll hair' becomes famous internet star is popular on social media in ASL & Deaf community platforms.

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At age 17 Igor Djenge had the courage to move to USA from Southeast Europe, known for its rich cultural heritage. Igor does exactly what he visualizes in his head, committing to have a successful career in acting world. He attended a school in the capital of Serbia, Belgrade. His mother is a Serb, and his father is a Hungarian. He has a younger sister, often mistaken for his twin. They got identical smiles.

Igor mostly uses American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate with others, but he can speak as well fluently in English and Serbian. He evolved tremendously as a unique artist and can be often found at the beaches in Southern California.

Djenge said "You know we all have some kind of self-expressing moments. I do this through these clips made from home. They could be humorous, educational, offensive or it's just nothing. I'm an introvert who mistakenly ends up in the big crowd without an exit." The Igor Djenge Skit Show in ASL on Amazon.

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Deaf Canadians On Broadcast TV Commercials

Tim Horton's "A Meaningful Gesture" & Hershey's "Dad's Jokes" Canadian Broadcast Television Commercials in American Sign Language.

Canadian ASL community pleased to see companies in Canada beginning to embrace American Sign Language (ASL) in their commercials. Two examples are Tim Hortons and Hershey’s of the Canadian Broadcast Television.

"Sometimes it's not so easy to communicate." A welcoming Tim Hortons team member makes the difference for Mackenzie and her long-time friend Blair, who together are inspiring change to break down barriers in their community.

Hershey's Canada 44 seconds "Hersey's Dad's Jokes". There’s nothing sweeter than sharing a dad joke. Except maybe sharing a grandad joke & some Hershey's.

Sign Languages are EQUAL to Spoken Languages and this is a positive step in accepting Sign Languages as part of humanity as there are 300+ Sign Languages worldwide. UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Article.

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Super Bowl LIII Deaf National Anthem Signer

This sign language performance was cut from the Super Bowl broadcast. It’s now been viewed online more than 1 million times.

ATLANTA, Georgia -- Super Bowl LIII - Mercedes-Benz Stadium: The rousing patriotic songs “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful” performed before Sunday’s Super Bowl LIII in Atlanta, Georgia were cheered by the pumped-up crowd in the stadium and seen in homes around the world.

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But what the television audience did not see was another performance happening right next to the singers on the field - D.C. resident Aarron Loggins doing a theatrical, and quickly viral, sign-language interpretation of the songs.

A video of his performance, posted by the National Association of the Deaf on Facebook, has been viewed more than 1 million times and shared by more than 23,000 people. Many of them gushed over Loggins, who is Deaf.

Loggins, 34 - a dancer, performer and graduate of Gallaudet University - was selected to do an American Sign Language performance of the two songs by the National Football League and the National Association of the Deaf. His performance included sweeping gestures and rhythmic swaying as Gladys Knight belted out “The Star-Spangled Banner” and the sister duo Chloe X Halle gave a soulful, harmonized rendition of “America the Beautiful.”

Some people on social media were not happy that Loggins’s act was cut out of prime time. He was shown for a flash at the end of “America the Beautiful.”

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Loggins, who was named Mister Deaf International in 2014, said he was proud of how he performed.

He said that although he is Deaf, he was able to synchronize his performance with the singers by using an interpreter who gave him cues about whether the singers drew out certain words in the songs. He also said there was a rehearsal with the singers that helped him prepare.

“I rehearsed and came fully prepared to give my best rendition using all of my theatrical and emotional skills,” Loggins said in an email interview with The Washington Post.

He added: “I am grateful that my delivery has done honor to ASL and the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community.”

Loggins called the experience of performing at the Super Bowl “amazing," and said that he hopes that the Super Bowl sign-language performances next year will be seen more fully on television, not only in the stadium and on social media.

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“The community has shown that they want to see ASL,” he said. “Hopefully, future broadcasts will show more of the ASL performance.”

CBS did not respond to several emails and a phone call requesting comment on the broadcast.

Loggins, who is originally from Illinois, said he is the only Deaf person in his family. He started to sign when he was 3 and said he learned to face adversity at an early age. When he was a child, he was told he would never be able to hold a job because he can’t hear. Now, in addition to being a performer, he is an advocate for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

“I take all such negativity and work hard to change it into positivity by proving myself and proving those naysayers wrong,” he said. “My motto is ‘Believe in yourself,’ which I have used as a mantra in my activism with Deaf and Hard of Hearing children to encourage them to have ambitious goals and strive for them.”

SOURCE - The Washington Post

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Jubilee 'Tea For Two' Deaf Strangers

Can two Deaf strangers fall in love with 36 questions?

Jubilee on YouTube channel shares the video of two Deaf strangers on a blind date in American Sign Language and English subtitles.

Jubilee decided to see what would happen if we brought two complete strangers together, Ryssa and Patrick to answer 36 questions designed to lead to love while on a blind date.

Jubilee exists to bridge people together and inspire love through compelling stories. We create shareable human-centric videos that create connection, challenge assumptions, and touch the soul. Ultimately, we aim to inspire people to live greater. Subscribe: https://youtube.com/channel/jubilee

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Sign1News - News In American Sign Language

News for the Deaf community powered by CNN in Sign Language.

ATLANTA -- Sign1News is the first and only digital network, partnered with world news leader CNN, to offer on-line news and information in American Sign Language. Sign1News provides equal access to local, regional and national news and information to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community via a daily post-produced broadcast. Sign1News: Your Life. Your Language.

Our talented staff works hard each day to deliver quality news to you. We have backgrounds from notable organizations such as Gallaudet University, CNN, FOX, ABC, CBS, TBN (Trinity Broadcast Network), Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Weather Channel and The Art Institute of Atlanta just to name a few.

The vision of Sign1News is to be the preeminent and unparalleled news outlet for the Deaf community by providing first-of-its kind network access to news and information. Subscribe for new videos: youtube.com/channel/Sign1News

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ASL Terp Steals Show at Waka Flocka Concert

Rapper Waka Flocka thought Holly Maniatty the sign language interpreter was dancing and starts dancing with her.

ASL terp steals the show at rap concerts, Holly Maniatty is best known for her sign language interpreting at large festivals for rappers like Snoop Dogg and Eminem.

Maniatty is a certified ASL interpreter from Newport, Vermont and having attended Rochester Institute of Technology also known for a love a music, specifically Rap and Hip Hop, she is incredibly proficient at American Sign Language, despite having only learned it while she attended RIT for the a degree in ASL which helped make her an expert signer for music performances with lots of lyrical content.

Maniatty working it for Snoop and an older performance by The Wu-Tang Clan, she found recognition for rap interpreting at a Killer Mike set at Bonnaroo music festival when Killer Mike saw her and noticed how well ASL works with rap.

Maniatty had been initially employed however as an interpreter for a Marilyn Manson concert in Rochester after all her coworkers passed on the opportunity, eventually opening the door for her to be recruited by a company out of Portland, Maine that specialized in festival ASL interpreting. By this point she was beginning to work with musicians the likes of U2, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Saget, and eventually The Beastie Boys at Bonnaroo in 2009, which lead to her becoming a main-stay interpreter for the rap community.

SOURCE -- Reddit

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How Gallaudet is Working to Reach Deaf Readers

How Gallaudet University is working to reach young, Deaf readers.

WASHINGTON DC -- There was once a curious little girl with bright pink hair who loved to climb trees. One day, the little girl met an old man, who gave her fruit from a baobab tree. The fruit was delicious. So the girl set off to find the tree.

We’re not going to tell you what happens next, though. Wouldn’t want to ruin the ending.

This story of the pink-haired child and her fruit-focused adventure is told through an app created in a Gallaudet University lab that aims to give Deaf children something quite valuable -- easy, early access to American Sign Language.

“People like me, Deaf people, don’t ask to be fixed,” said Melissa Malzkuhn, founder and creative director the Motion Light Lab. “We just ask to be able to thrive.”

In this lab at Gallaudet, the private university for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Northeast Washington, research and innovation turn into resources for children and families. There is so much out there for hearing children, Malzkuhn said through interpreters. But much of what is available is sound-based.

“Which is great, there’s been beautiful work done, lots of wonderful applications, but they have absolutely zero benefit for Deaf children, who are visually oriented,” Malzkuhn said. “So that’s where this lab comes in.”

Launched in 2009, the lab in recent years has developed “The Baobab,” the story of the young girl, which has been translated into Russian, Japanese and other languages. It is also home to similar projects known as VL2 Storybook Apps. There is “The Blue Lobster,” which follows the same adventurous child. “The Museum of Errors” features wordplay. “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and “The Little Airplane That Could” are new spins on classic tales.

“There really aren’t that many resources out there for Deaf children,” Malzkuhn said. “Especially when you’re talking about technology.”

The bilingual storybook apps offer vivid, colorful illustrations of dogs and airplanes and pink-haired heroines. As the stories progress, children can press highlighted words for a video of someone signing and fingerspelling. They can also watch a video of a story told through ASL.

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The lab is also using motion-capture technology to develop a more authentic signing experience. A video of an ASL nursery rhyme, done in collaboration with a lab in Paris, shows why that matters: the system can create clear, expressive language delivered through a three-dimensional character.

Motion capture is used to show movement -- usually dance, sports, that kind of stuff. Capturing gestures, though, is a bit more complicated. Typically, Malzkuhn said, the lab’s system has about 50 markers, which are basically raised knobs placed along joints in the body. The lab uses more than 100 markers to make sure the finer points of gesture are preserved.

“I feel like a ninja, because it’s black and I have all these markers on, so I dress completely in black,” she said of the motion capture outfit. “The work is tedious, for putting the markers on the face, I will say that. Because you don’t just pull on a mask.” ... Read More at The Washington Post.

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Ten Deaf Children, One Powerful Message

Watch video sends powerful message about equal rights "10 Deaf Children, 1 Powerful Message" has become an internet hit.

Sheena McFeely also known as ASL Nook channel share a powerful message on YouTube -- Every day, Deaf people "fail" the hearing test immediately after being born, face "language delays" with their hearing family that don’t learn their natural language, and attempt "perfect speech" in order to fit into the Hearing world. They fight to use interpreters that benefit both the hearing and the Deaf, and deal with job discrimination -- all simply because they cannot hear.

Ironically, the practice of teaching signs to hearing babies is booming due to practical, emotional, and cognitive benefits validated by research. Hundreds of thousands of hearing people are taking American Sign Language (ASL) classes in high school as well as college -- making ASL the third most-studied language, according to Modern Language Association. Many come out of the experience proclaiming how beautiful ASL is.

Even while ASL is beautified, Deafness is still perceived as something that needs to be fixed. This makes Deaf people seem unequal, abnormal, and even defective. Deaf people are perplexed by this, as they see themselves as equal, diverse, and an attribute to this world.

"TODAY WE ASK, WHEN CAN YOU SEE US THE SAME WAY DEAF SEE THEMSELVES?"

It is our hope that this message will raise awareness, and at the same time, encourage Americans to join the Deaf community in the ongoing fight for equality.

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Sign 'ILY' Pins Support For The Women's March

These pins support human rights just in time for the Women's March in the United States and across the globe.

WASHINGTON, DC -- With thousands of pins, a couple from Michigan are hoping to bring a little love, compassion and support to America in time for the Women's March in Washington, D.C.

Kate Lind, 32, and Nate Stevens, 30, are behind Pincause -- a $5 pin they designed with artist Penelope Dullaghan that features the American Sign Language (ASL) sign for "I love you." Their goal is to raise $200,000 by giving $2 of each sale to the ACLU and Planned Parenthood ($1 to each organization).

Since launching after Christmas, they've sold more than 7,500 pins and raised more than $15,000 for the causes. With only a week and a half until Inauguration Day and the march, the pair is pushing for a last-minute rush of orders to get to rally-goers in time.

In a conversation with Mashable Tuesday from their 500-square-foot Ann Arbor, MI apartment, which is overflowing with pin orders, Lind and Stevens said they wanted to show support for women's issues and and civil liberties.

"Something about the symbol and design is so evocative," Stevens said about the pin. "It starts conversations."

And that's what they want. When Michigan went "red" in November, the two realized they needed to understand more about their Donald Trump-voting neighbors.

The pins, Stevens said, "create more of a loving way to start conversation," rather than throwing around hate and anger.

Campaign and election pins are nothing new, but the couple wanted to design something that connected people and "something that anyone can wear no matter where they are in the country."

Lind said she wanted to create something with a colorful hand from the start. An artist friend came up with a fist, which Lind said felt not quite right. "We've seen a lot of hate spewed in every direction," but she believes "compassion and love will bring people together."

She remembered learning ASL in middle school and how perfectly succinct and effective the "I love you" sign was.

They decided to go with that symbol, and even though they weren't directly connected to the Deaf community, they've received touching feedback from people with Deaf relatives. "We have more of a connection to that community now," Stevens said.

Just a few weeks later, momentum is picking up and more people are posting pictures wearing the pins, including many shots of mothers and daughters flashing the "I love you" sign.

"It's cool to be raising money through beauty and love," Stevens said.

Start looking out for the pins -- the couple hopes they'll be worn at the main march and at rallies all over the country. They said the pins are about creating a community.

SOURCE - Mashable

Supreme Court Bar Welcomes Deaf Attorneys

WATCH [CC] - Deaf News: Chief Justice of the United States welcomes Deaf Lawyers into Supreme Court Bar.

WASHINGTON DC -- The Wall Street Journal: 12 Deaf and Hard of Hearing attorneys just made U.S. history. For the first time, Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday used a language other than English in the formal ceremony admitting attorneys to the Supreme Court Bar: American Sign Language.

A dozen lawyers from the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Bar Association took the oath of admission promising to conduct themselves “uprightly and according to the law” which the chief justice oversees before an argument session.

After their sponsor, John Stanton, a Justice Department attorney and member of the association, moved their admission, Chief Justice Roberts gave the traditional response in sign language: “Your motion is now granted.” He then repeated the phrase in English.

A Supreme Court spokeswoman, Kathy Arberg, said the chief justice learned to sign the phrase specifically for Tuesday’s ceremony.

“We are truly honored to be admitted to the Supreme Court Bar,” the association’s president, Anat Maytal, a litigation associate at Baker Hostetler, said in a statement. “Our admission sets a precedent that will hopefully encourage others with disabilities to pursue a legal career and view the legal profession as being open to diverse backgrounds.” SOURCE

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Burger King's ASL For The Deaf Community

#WhopperSign - Burger King's finally speaks, by signing, for American Sign Language Day near Gallaudet University campus.

WASHINGTON DC -- Burger King asks fans to come up with a Whopper sign by Tim Nudd. The days when he would pop up, unannounced, in your bed in the morning, Burger King's King character has never actually spoken a single word, preferring to let his creepily silent visage speak for him. But now, to celebrate National American Sign Language Day, the King is speaking up by signing.

And he's asking BK fans to come up with an official sign for the Whopper sandwich. #WhopperSign.

"The Burger King brand is built not only on including everyone, but celebrating everyone," Fernando Machado, the fast-food chain's svp of global brand management, said in a statement. "National ASL Day felt like a perfect opportunity for the King to extend our brand mantra and engage with the ASL community on such a great day."

It also has the King interpreting a recent TV spot in ASL, as you can see below.

BK has also created an ASL version of its logo, and is making a scholarship donation benefiting students who are dedicating their studies to ASL language and interpretations.

SOURCE - Adweek

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Here’s How To Say ‘Donald Trump’ In ASL

Deaf News: Here’s how to say ‘Donald Trump’ in American Sign Language.

The Washington Post: Only the most colorful politicians get special names in sign language assigned to them by the Deaf community, everyone else’s names are finger spelled, one letter at a time.

Sign language users have proposed name signs for two of the current presidential candidates, but they haven’t really caught on yet, says Melissa Malzkuhn, co-founder and a developer of The ASL App, which teaches conversational American Sign Language in the United States.

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Here are a few signs being batted around this election cycle, plus the slang signs for several presidents in the past and present... HERE.

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Learn American Sign Language For Deaf Student

Deaf News: Signing club helps Deaf student feel at home.

PEORIA, IL -- WMBD/CNN: Inside the library at Mark Bills School, class begins with the Pledge of Allegiance. But here, they’re doing things a little differently.

Students are using American Sign Language to say the pledge.

“It’s like they want to be like me,” said fifth-grader Rhemy Elsey, who was born almost completely Deaf. A set of cochlear implant help him hear, but he relies heavily on sign language and his interpreter, Tammy Arvin, to communicate.

“It’s tough for a kid that has an interpreter,” Arvin said. “Following them around all day, you know, especially if the rest of the class can’t really communicate.”

Rhemy’s classmate Dexyrae Clarke said, “I wanted to be able to talk to Rhemy, and I wanted to be able to communicate with him.”

That’s how the American Sign Language Club was born at the school - with a group of students who wanted to be able to talk to a friend.

“I was thrilled that they were interested and that they wanted to learn some sign language,” Arvin said, “and that they were taking some initiative to able to communicate more effectively with one of their classmates.”

And this is not like their Spanish or French classes - students say they are finding there’s a lot that goes into learning this language, and things aren’t always easy. Tabria Smith explained the difficulty.

“Sometimes you really want to talk while you’re signing, but then you have to get used to just using your hands instead of your mouth to communicate with other people,” Tabria said.

But in Rhemy, they have a teacher and friend, showing them that so much can be said without saying anything at all. “It makes me feel, like, happy,” Rhemy said.

SOURCE - WDAM

Deaf Man Receives Note From Starbucks Barista

Starbucks employee's kind act for Deaf patrons hit the Internet.

LEESBURG, VA -- A Virginia man's Facebook post is creating some internet buzz after he shared a note from a Starbucks employee who offered a kind gesture.

Ibby Piracha, who is Deaf, told ABC News through an interpreter that he was surprised Friday morning to be greeted by the familiar barista with sign language.

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"I usually use my phone and I'll text them what I want to order," Piracha of Leesburg, Virginia, said. "She was saying she looked on YouTube because she had a lot of customers that came in using text. I was very surprised she was willing to learn sign language and it shows she respects Deaf people ... she's an inspiration."

Piracha, 23, said the female barista handed him a note that read, "I've been learning ASL just so you can have the same experience as everyone else."

Piracha posted a picture of the kind words to Facebook, where it received over 2,000 “shares.”

"I was very shocked to go in there one day and have her sign a little bit and I kind of smiled, thinking about it and I even told the Starbucks manager, 'You know, I was very impressed by your employee."

The manager at the Starbucks where Piracha received the note told ABC News that while he could not comment on this particular incident or name the employee, he confirmed Piracha's account.

“We are proud that our store partner employee is taking this initiative to learn American Sign Language to better assist and serve her customers,” a Starbucks spokeswoman told ABC News. “We always love to hear stories of meaningful connections between our partners and customers.”

Piracha said he hopes his Facebook post gets the message across that "the hearing world and the Deaf World are trying to communicate."

"I definitely want people to understand that Deaf customers can have a really great review," he added.

SOURCE - ABC News

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