facts Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/facts/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png facts Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/facts/ 32 32 10 Cool Things About The Blockbuster “A Quiet Place” https://deafniche.com/9-cool-things-to-know-about-the-blockbuster-a-quiet-place/ Sat, 21 Apr 2018 01:42:19 +0000 https://deafniche.com/?p=10984 The horror movie A Quiet Place is already a major success at the theaters and became the second top box office hit this year after Black Panther! The addition of a deaf character adds another layer of horror and makes effective use of American Sign Language as a plot/coping device, making A Quiet Place one of this year’s […]

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]]> The Amazing Story of Helen Keller’s Success Before She Was Born https://deafniche.com/the-amazing-story-of-helen-kellers-success-before-she-was-born/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:54:13 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=10167 An American author, lecturer and political activists – Helen Adam Keller is a great example of advocacy and dynamism for all the people with various disabilities. She was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States. She proved to the world that deaf-blind people can also gain an education – a definition of […]

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]]> Native Americans and Sign Language https://deafniche.com/did-you-know-native-american/ Fri, 12 Feb 2016 12:34:46 +0000 http://blog.deafniche.com/?p=8841 Native Americans needed it for communication back then! Originally the Native Americans developed sign language to use with other tribes because they each spoke a different language. The sign language system became very useful for communicating with the new European settlers. Communication was important for trading and survival, they developed a sign language that was […]

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