VIDEO: 'Deaf to the image' Documentary film - 70min et 54min - 1995. Emmanuelle Laborit talks about her Deaf identity and her vocation to be an actress, alongside this, French and German Deaf artists evoke their resistance through creation.
Scenario: Jeanne Soral et Brigitte Lemaine. Available with english or german subtitles.
VIDEO: Deaf Awareness: Deaf Not Different in subtitles.
In 'Deaf Not Different', get to know four teenagers from Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, whose aim in making this short film was to advocate for themselves and develop awareness in their community about what it is to be Deaf. We hope you enjoy watching and understand a little more about these extraordinary and yet regular teenagers!
Video: One Deaf Child: Presentation by Rachel Coleman in captioned.
In this presentation for Deaf Awareness Week, Signing Time's Rachel Coleman talks about her compelling journey that began when she learned that her daughter, Leah, was Deaf.
Video with captions - To Educate Hearing Parents of Deaf Child: Part I & II.
For hearing parents who are overwhelmed with Deaf child for the first time. My purpose is to educate Hearing parents of Deaf child about deafness, to understand the term "Deaf" better. I am here to prove Deaf child can do anything to overcome obstacles by using my experience. Plus, I am here to help how to be a good parent for your Deaf child. Inspiring hearing parents & Deaf children that Deaf people would like to share with them. Deaf children can achieve anything they want. Thank you for watching! Please share this video with anyone. Subscribe Stephanie Nogueras
Video with subtitles - In this edition of You've Got, Marlee Matlin talks about noise and silence in a Deaf person's world. The original: AOL.com Video Subscribe: AOL
Canadian Association of the Deaf (CAD) has launched online VRS petition:
Here's the link to sign the online petition launched by the CAD to demand a permanent Video Relay Service (VRS) in Canada.
Join us to sign the petition to demand that the House of Commons, Government of Canada, Ministers of the Crown and Members of Parliament to support a permanent national Video Relay Services (VRS) in Canada by this fall 2012 with official spoken languages (English and French) and signed languages (American Sign Language (ASL) and Langue des Signes Québécoise (LSQ)). Read more: http://www.cad.ca/news_events_en.php?newsID=114
Also consider forwarding this to your friends, family, co-workers and anyone who wants to support the Deaf community in this petition. Why not post it on your Facebook, Twitter or other social media sites to get the word out too?
Canadian Association of the Deaf (CAD) is poorly on social media, which there is no video channel or set up the account on YouTube as well. Canadian Deaf politicans running their efforts poorly on VRS issue within the social media. Shame on CAD!!!
Video with Captions - A 30-Day walk for ASL. Striding for the right to be! Mission Statement
Facundo Element is an organization that actively works to remove oppression and misrepresentation of D-E-A-F people through the means of mass media and non-violent activism. We stand by the transformative power of sign language.
Options for Walking!
Walk for ASL: Options for Walking!Walkers have three options: One month, $1,000 - Two weeks, $500 - or 3 Nights, $250...
Deaf Black Culture in Film Social Awareness Movement @ Tyler Perry Studios.
The mission is simple:
• To spread and increase awareness about the lack of Deaf African-American actors cast in roles in the mainstream movie industry and in television.
• To increase recognition for Deaf Talents of Color who are performers, sign language & culture coaches, stuntmen, filmmakers, directors, producers, writers, cinematographers, etc. in the mainstream movie industry and in television.
Learn more about the cause. http://micascoop.com To make a donation, click in here!
530 A.D. - Benedictine Monks invent signs to circumvent "Vow of Silence". These signs may have been used later in attempts to teach Deaf children. http://www.aslinfo.com/trivia.html
How are you Deaf? Deaf?... Oh, hmm... how do I explain that? Simple: I can't hear. No, wait... it is much more than that. It is similar to a goldfish in a bowl, always observing things going on. People talking at all times. It is like a man on his own island Among foreigners. Isolation is no stranger to me. Relatives say hi and bye, but I sit for 5 hours among them. Taking great pleasure at amusing babies, or being amused by TV. Reading books, resting, helping out with food. Natural curiosity perks up. Upon seeing great laughter, crying, anger. Inquiring only to meet with a "Never mind", "Nothing" or "Oh, it's not important". Getting a summarized statement of the whole day. I'm supposed to smile to show my happiness. Little do they know how truly miserable I am. People are in control of language usage, I am at loss and really uncomfortable there. Always feeling like an outsider among the hearing people, even though it was not their intention. They are always assuming that I am part of them by my physical presence, not understanding the importance of communication. Facing the choice between Deaf Event weekend or a family reunion. Facing the choice between the family commitment and Deaf friends. I must make the choices constantly, any wonder why I choose Deaf friends??? I get such great pleasure at the Deaf clubs, before I realize it, it is already 2:00 am, Whereas I anxiously look at the clock every few minutes at the Family Reunion. With Deaf people, I feel so normal, our communication flows back and forth. Catch up with little trivials, our daily life, our frustration in the bigger world, Seeking the mutual understanding, contented smiles and laughter are musical. So magical to me, so attuned to each other's feelings. True happiness is so important. I feel more at home with Deaf people of various color, religion, short or tall. Than I do among my own hearing relatives and you wonder why? Our language is common. We understand each other. Being at loss of control Of the environment that is communication, People panic and retreat to avoid Deaf people like the plague. But Deaf people are still human beings with dreams, desires, and needs To belong, just like everyone else. That's how I am DEAF."
