A deaf dalmatian which was trapped in a world of its own has been given a new lease of life after learning sign language.
The spotted dog called Zoe was born profoundly deaf and had failed to bond with its owner who was forced to give her up. But staff at an animal shelter began to teach the 18-month-old pooch basic sign language through a series of hand commands. picked by AutumnLotus 12 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

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

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

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 4 months ago

A deaf teenager has won a landmark discrimination case after she was humiliated on sports day because she could not hear announcements telling her to stop running. picked by mattgup 11 months 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

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

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

The woman — deaf and mute, with vision so poor she's legally blind — had been sitting at a bus stop when she was approached by a man she thought was a co-worker. She was wrong! picked by tigertony 9 months ago

Abandoned to the King County Animal Shelter as a puppy, the 3-month-old pit bull was adopted by Zakeea Sykes and her boyfriend in March and taken to the Kent apartment they shared, according to police. And it was in that apartment that animal-control officers found the dog's decomposing body.
(themepic puppy not related)

*The b***h forgot she had the puppy?!!
SHE FORGOT!? picked by bingo 10 months ago

Say it Sign it software uses speech recognition technology to convert the spoken word to text, which is then used by the host computer to control the movements of an screen avatar gesturing in British Sign Language. picked by suebe 2 years 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

I think this is funny! My deaf brother-in-law thinks it's hillarious! picked by Phildo 3 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

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

Mass strandings of dolphins and whales could be caused because the animals are rendered temporarily deaf by military sonar, experiments have shown. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

It's always good to know some basic signs. This site lets you browse different words (and sometimes phrases) and shows you the sign. Very nifty, very helpful. Brought to you by the Michigan State University. picked by Chez 2 years ago