tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17609920357479534982024-11-05T18:54:35.626-08:00Advice on learning sign language and communicating with the deaf.Conniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02047156007092191084noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1760992035747953498.post-23430340604486487242011-09-24T09:37:00.000-07:002016-03-26T07:49:11.049-07:00

I am hearing and have no children. However there may be people out there who have a deaf child, sibling, niece or god child. And although I cannot give a personal account of what it is like and how they feel, I understand some people may be clueless on how to act around deaf children, so may appreciate some suggestions. So here are a few things to bare in mind: 1) How you treat them

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You may be looking at this blog because you have little or no experience with anyone who is hearing impaired, but feel you need some advice in how to communicate better with deaf people. You may have just met a deaf person, and have no idea how to act around them. Here is a very few simple things you should keep in mind. 1) Don’t ignore them! Communicating with someone who uses a different

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Okay, so what is BSL structure? Here is a quick story in it, to help you get your head around it."Pigs little, three. Live where? One, house. Made what? Straw. Two, house. Made what? Mud. Three, house. Made what? Brick. Wolf want what? Pigs. Why? Yummy. House, which? One. Wolf do what? house blow down. Pig do what? Run away. scared.House, which? Two. Wolf do what? House blow down. Pig do what?

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When interacting with deaf people, you notice that most deaf people can understand unsigned speech as they still have some hearing, or can lip-read with ease. Some hearing impaired will have grown up in a hearing family or gone to a hearing school, and most will have friends who cannot sign.Because of this, signing is often not essential for communicating with the deaf,

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You may not know but there are two different types of hearing impaired people- people who are Big D and people who are small d. Big D people define themselves by their deafness. They may have deaf parents, or have been born deaf, and they feel they are part of the deaf society. Big D people usually communicate predominantly in BSL. Small D deaf people do not define themselves by their deafness

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If you are new to sign, you may not know that some words are not used in BSL. BSL is a very concise language so often words that are not important are disregarded. -There is not a sign for ‘and’, ‘the’, ‘is’ or ‘it’. -Words like ‘But’, ‘if’ and ‘will’ are used sparingly.  -'Should, would, could’ are all the same sign.   -Complex words, such as disregarded, impeccable, or 

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Do not feel bad if you read this and think you have done some of these things before- as we probably have all done at least one! I'm hoping that by writing this, people will be more aware of how annoying some things are. Disregarding sign conversations. This happened to me recently, I was in a gallery talking to two deaf people, when a girl eagerly commented on how great

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intYou know how annoying it is when you’re pregnant and people just feel like they can come up and rub your tummy whenever you like?  No? Neither do I, but I know that in the future if people do that to me they will end up losing a hand. Why? Because people invading your personal space because they feel it’s acceptable as you are in a certain situation is rude. Would you rub a stranger’s

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Many people have difficulty understanding the difference between the types of sign language used in Britain. So here is a brief outline of the main four different sign languages. BSL is a whole different language to English. Although it is closely linked to English, it has many different variations in grammar, structure, and the amount of words used. For example, words such as ‘and’ ‘is’ or ‘

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