Snowy was handed in to an animal charity because her owners could not cope with having a deaf dog. However, within just three weeks of training, the four-month-old Jack Russell can sit, stay and walk, by responding to hand gestures. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

John Smith is Britain's only BSL (British Sign Language) stand-up comedian. There's more to deaf humor than first meets the eye picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

Mobilesign.org is a video dictionary with over 5,000 British Sign Language signs. Produced by staff at the Centre for Deaf Studies, it is a mobile accessory to people who work with Deaf people, have Deaf customers or just want to learn to sign. picked by suebe 3 years ago

Have you ever thought about changing your name? Well, if you started hanging out with sign language users you will soon find they change it for you ...Like the old maxim about publicity, the only thing worse than having a bad sign name is having no sign name at all. That'd be like you don’t even exist. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

American Right to Life Action, an anti-abortion group, claims to have displayed the largest ever protest sign in history, towering over the Democratic National Convention in Denver at 530 feet tall and 666 feet wide. picked by dork 1 year ago

Throughout the world, and dating back to antiquity, deaf people have communicated using their hands and faces. Signed languages are still often regarded as inferior to speech and are perceived as relying on mimicry or pantomime. Most linguists now accept that sign languages have all of the grammatical and expressive sophistication of oral languages. Not all linguists have seen the light, though. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

THROUGH DEAF EYES is a two-hour documentary that explores 200 years of Deaf life in America.THROUGH DEAF EYES tells the story of conflicts, prejudice and affirmation that ultimately reaches the heart of what it means to be human. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A father says he wasn't trying to shame his 14-year-old son when he made the boy wear a large sandwich-board sign saying, "I abused and sold drugs." picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

No, not like that!

As his congregation of deaf Roman Catholics prepared to head home after Mass, the priest indicated that he had something to tell.

Then, using sign language, Father Peter McDonough dropped his bombshell picked by Doggylives 3 months ago

Remember the story of Geno's cheesesteak shop and his sign instructing customers to speak english when ordering?

Despite claims that such a sign was racist and discriminatory, that it might offend someone's feelings, it was determined that a sign was within the bounds of free speech. Actually refusing to service a customer due to language would be a different story. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Campaigners for the English language on Thursday attacked a growing tendency for "obvious" public information posters, such as a police sign urging people: "Don't Commit Crime." picked by spocksmyhomeboy 2 years ago

No wonder learning a new language can be more difficult the older you get. We were learning our individual languages before we were even born.
It seems that fetuses not only warm to the sound of mother’s voice as they gestate, they also are being programmed in the direct patterns inherent in certain languages. By the time we are born, our dialect is determined. picked by bingo 3 weeks ago

CAN you tell what language somebody is speaking just by watching the shapes their lips make? A computer developed at the University of East Anglia in Norwich in the UK can, and it could lead to automatic lip-reading and translation systems for deaf people. picked by bingo 7 months ago

And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply
So I tucked my hair up under my hat and I went in to ask him why
He said you look like a fine upstanding young man, I think you'll do
So I took off my hat I said imagine that, huh, me working for you picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Marcia Harvey made her son stand across the road from his school in the US city of Jacksonville, in Florida, with a sign that said “I was rude to my teacher, I can’t come to school, I’m sorry”.

Video included. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

"From the very first day, school was a struggle. And yet, as fate would have it, three simple words forever changed my life….." picked by maxriter 2 years ago

Gorilla uses sign language to communicate. picked by billyd1 3 years ago

In other words, there would be no need for the warning, if the self-referential warning sign didn't exist. picked by ElHoopso 3 years ago

RNID has made a statement that deaf people should be able to select an embryo that will be born deaf and throw out ones that would be able to hear. RNID does not speak for all deaf people and some are saying that the statement is taken out of context. That they want the right to implant embryos that are deaf when that is the only viable embryo. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

A Fort Worth man said he is trying to keep gang members out of his business with a large sign telling them to keep out.
Some people say the sign is racially offensive, and they want it taken down. The message refers to African Americans in a derogatory manner. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago