Category: History of NZSL

Throughout Jean’s life as a deaf blogger/historian researcher/advocator, her first language is English, and the second language is sign language. Jean was lucky that her parents encouraged her to choose the path she wants to go, to learn and choose the life she wants to be. Jean’s grammar was not so good in the past…

Today, the earthquake in Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, and I decided to research any stories from the D/deaf people and people with disabilities. Sadly there was nothing I could find except for the people without disabilities and reading the books in the libraries and museums. It is ninety years ago when the earthquake strike…

Today is the day of remembrance to many Holocaust survivors, including survivors with disabilities. We must not forget a few Deaf survivours around the world for they talked (signed) about their pasts during the Holocaust. Of course, there are people with disabilities who have lost their families as children of the Holocaust. How did they…

The picture of the Saint Ovid’s Fair show here. This image called “A Fair at St. Ovids” shows several ladies and gentlemen at the fair while a group of musicians wearing pointed hats play violins. https://www.nyise.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=438103&type=d&pREC_ID=948711 “He put this coin on the blind beggar’s palm. Nevertheless, as he turned to go, the beggar called sir! You have…

Bust of Louis Braille (1809-1852) by Étienne Leroux (1836-1906) Who is Louis Braille? Has Louis got any disability, and what type of disability he has? What is his achievement that Blind people can do? Yesterday it was January the fourth and it is a celebrated day for everyone to remember Louis. Why? Louis Braille was…

Thunderstorm pounding down while I was waiting for my partner at the hospital in July 2020. Several things I didn’t expect to bring the right mobile charger and my tablet charger here. We left our home in the rural countryside and headed out to the city of Hamilton very early. I did check my personal…

Every year we, persons with disAbilities and Deaf people celebrate and raise our awareness today. The theme for our day is “Not all disAbilities are Visible” by the International Day of People With Disabilities (UN), Australia. The second theme for our day is ““Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post-COVID-19 World”. by…

The third President of the USA was Thomas Jefferson and ran the White House from March 1801 to March 1809. Nevertheless, Thomas was the Vice President to John Adams from 1797 to 1801 and the United State Secretary to George Washington from 1790 to 1793. A little bit about the background of his life –…

I have been watching the USA Election 2020 and something made me realise by reading many comments between Trump vs Biden from Facebook via Deaf New Zealanders. I thought of putting the interesting connection story from one of the Presidents here, and they can learn more from this blog. Let start with James Monroe and…

When you as a parent of the Deaf baby and start to worry about the Deaf baby’s hearing ability and to have the speech ability. As a parent, you may likely take advise from any specialist, GP and Audiologist. What is the point that can any Deaf baby have the ability to hear the sound…