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7 High Quality Superhero T-shirts In ASL Coming Soon!

Katie Dicus — Sun, 21 Jan 2018 04:41:34 +0000

Ever dream about wearing a superhero shirt but in your language? That’s what the creator of the Hero Shirts did. Now there are seven designs to choose from in ASL: Superman, Superboy, Wonder Woman, Batman, Spiderman, Captain America, and Hulk. The designs are developed to show off the hand signs for each hero’s name and […]

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Introduction to Kenya’s First Deaf Professional Rapper

Deaf Niche — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 22:27:10 +0000

Before he became Lal Daggy, Douglas Munyendo was listening and dancing to various musicians who came on the radio and televisions as a child in Nairobi, Kenya. It was when he was five years old that he became very sick and lost his hearing. A childhood of music quickly silenced After becoming deaf, he was […]

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Jackie Chan’s Big Sign Language Hit At Chinese New Year Festival

Deaf Niche — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 21:53:51 +0000

Jackie Chan, the actor, sang in Chinese Sign Language this year on China’s largest broadcasting network, CCTV’s Gala special celebrating the Chinese New Year. The song is nationalistic, Chan sings about his love for China and pride in being a citizen. This was not the only song sung at the gala; there were several famous […]

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Remembering: And Your Name Is Jonah

Deaf Niche — Sun, 22 May 2016 06:50:14 +0000

This movie came out shortly after American Sign Language was recognized as an official language in the United States And Your Name Is Jonah is a movie made in 1979 about a deaf boy who was mistakenly diagnosed as mentally challenged. He grew up in a hospital until his mother figured out that he was […]

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Dying Hawaiian Sign Language is Preserved by Few

Deaf Niche — Sat, 19 Mar 2016 06:17:15 +0000

Hawai’i’s Sign Language is dying as ASL takes over For captions, turn on the captions feature on the video. Hawaii has a slowly diminishing Deaf population that still uses Sign Language that is different from ASL. Only the seniors using it are few now. None of the younger generations are learning it along with ASL, […]

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