Category: Sign language – NZSL
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Sign languages vs lip reading
Is sign language better than lip reading? This poem is from a Deaf child via Facebook. Movie on 2-02-20 at 5.08 PM NZSL (New Zealand Sign Language) Video on 2-02-20 at 5.11 PM Speech in conversation (Note – there is no sound except the traffic noise.) Over many years there has been widely debated over sign…
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Day Seven – Sign Language Rights for All Deaf Refugees
D/deaf refugees constitute one of the most vulnerable groups among the Deaf Community. In addition to fleeing from life-threating situations, D/deaf refugees struggle to access information on the current situation they are facing. when they settle in refugee camps, they often do not receive information in their sign language. D/deaf refugees should benefit from the…
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Day Six – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer and questioning and asexual
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer and questioning and asexual people, among others, live in various communities around the world. Members of thee communities also include D/deaf people who embrace multiple identities. Identify for D/deaf people is inclusive of areas of life such as gender and sexuality. like other minorities, LGBTIQA+ people add diversity to…
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Day Five – Sign language Rights for Deaf Women
The global gender rate indicates the ratio of women is larger than that of men, thus D/deaf women can be said to represent the majority of the Deaf population. Article of the CRPD specifically recognises that women and girls with disabilities, including D/deaf women, are the risk of being subject to intersectional discrimination. specific measures…
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Day Four – DeafBlind People and Deaf People with Disabilities
DeafBlind people and D/deaf people with disabilities, including Deaf Plus, are fully-fledged members of D/ deaf communities and have the right to participate in these communities and society at large on an equal basis. Access provisions for people with disabilities are essential to ensure access for all members of D/deaf communities. In addition to access…
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Day Three – Deaf Senior Citizens
The global population is increasingly ageing, and D/deaf people are a part of this trend. Some D/deaf senior citizens live in care centres and nursing homes where they can enjoy the companionship of other D/deaf people and with staff who use sign language. However, many others are isolated in places which do not provide…
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Day Two – Sign Language Rights for All Children
Photos – Notes, these photos were from other Deaf ex-students while I am currently researching in the Deaf Units – Hamilton, New Zealand. Permission granted. Sign Language is a language, D/deaf young toddlers and children can learn naturally. Around 95% of D/deaf children are born to hearing parents who usually don’t know sign…
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International Week of the Deaf 2019
Coming up next week from 23rd to 29th September 2019. It is called an International Week of the Deaf which we – Deaf people celebrate our unique sign language, Deaf culture and history. We ask you to join with us as equity within the communities, workplace, healthcare services, education and of course the Government. The…
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Sign Language Rights for All
https://vimeo.com/334768557 Transcript from the video. No voice sound, only the traffic noise. This week we, Deaf people celebrate our unique ‘NZSL’ – New Zealand sign languagebecause it is our first language than English or Māori Language. In this video, I, Jean is in Eureka which it is my place in the rural area of Waikato.…
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does any Deaf people feel to be inclusion in their hearing family or not?
from: https://metro.co.uk/2017/12/20/alone-at-christmas-heres-how-to-look-after-your-mental-health-over-the-festive-period-7018604/ A person was talking to me this morning and he was dreading up by having his large family together at his home on the Christmas Day. I asked him what was the problem he facing and his replied was a simple answer. I told him “look, I have been there for many years” with…