Art

i hate to bug you, but will you be doing disability related signs in july for disability pride month? (wheelchair, cane, rollator/walker, disabled, deaf, blind, autistic, etc?) i never see those signs anywhere and my deaf professor didnt know them before i started searching for them, so some visibility would be really cool. (ofc i understand if not! your art is incredible and impressive and takes time and work to make! i just figured id ask since its disability pride month soon.) tysm for the incredible art!

That's a great idea! If anyone has some specific requests, let me know. I'll start working on the other signs you mentioned as well as arthritis and any other requests.

Thank you for the suggestion!

Travel

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Travel in American Sign Language. Hand in bent V handshape moves back and forth upwards. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.

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The artist who made the first three graphics is Ann Silver

Deaf Art

Ann Silver

As a co-founding member of the historic Deaf Art Movement (DAM) of the 1960s that came before the Deaf View/Image Art movement(De’VIA)  in 1

The link has a bunch of her art following a short bio.

"As a co-founding member of the historic Deaf Art Movement (DAM) of the 1960s that came before the Deaf View/Image Art movement(De’VIA)  in 1989, I have fought for recognition, equality and social justice for the Deaf artist community — and have also advocated for the inclusion of Deaf Art in the museum/gallery world and in academia."

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Two crayon boxes. The one on the left is labeled the original Deaf Identity Crayons 1899. The crayons in the box are labeled: freak, deaf-mute, oralist, handicapped, hearing impaired, deaf and dumb, lipreader, and dummy. The right box is labeled Deaf Identity crayons 1999. The crayons are labeled: Deaf, signer, Hard of Hearing, Deaf American, late deafened, Deaf-Blind, seeing, CODA.

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A graphic of a box in the style of Tide detergent. It has the slogan "If it's got to be sign language, it's got to be ASL" with the word's Deaf Pride larger in the middle in place of the tide logo. In the bottom right corner is the watermark Ann Silver.

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A graphic of 5 cans of soup in the style of Campbell's Soup. Instead of "Campbell's", each can has the logo "Gallaudet's". The five flavors are:Deaf Studies, Deaf culture, ASL, Deaf Art/D'VIA, and Deaf History.

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2 white, six-sided dice with numbers represented in ASL.

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Not my deaf art but they are so epic, I just had to share! 🤟😀👍

👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

Sources: Google, Pinterest, Instagram

(Im afraid to talk to people online so im using anon HOWEVER)

If you want to find some places to meet Deaf/HoH people you gotta go to Facebook groups! I found this local group to me that meet like once or twice a month who were willing to allow someone who's learning in and I've been going since. Anyways I highly recommended checking local Facebook stuff. There's also some state led websites that people put their events on but you know how that is. I've been learning ASL for about a year now and the thing that made me grow the most is being in the middle of like 30 people signing. Scary but fun! Good luck finding people to chat with 💚

Hi! Thank you so much for your advice. I don't use Facebook but any help is always appreciated.

I have been looking around for months, but it seems my town lacks many things like that. 😮‍💨

I may just get Facebook just to join a group but who knows.

Everyone needs to learn sign language pls. Like whatever version is used in your country I encourage you to learn.

Not only will you be learning another language, but you'll be able to talk to other signers, D(d)eaf or not, and two people can communicate in loud places without needing to hear the other.

I'm hard of hearing and have such a difficult time with trying to hear others. I stopped wearing hearing aids because I got annoyed that even after about 18 years I still had a hard time distinguishing what hearies were saying.

I'm learning my country's sign language (ASL) but don't have any experienced signers to practice with. I really hope more people learn these languages (and the history of said languages).

And sign is also helpful with neurodivergent people and babies aswell!

Egg

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Egg in American Sign Language. Both hands in H handshape. The side of middle finger on dominant hand taps the side of the index finger on base hand, then both hands rotate down. Motion is like cracking an egg and opening the shell. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent blue, purple, and pink in different stages of the sign. Background is white.

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Keep

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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Keep in American Sign Language. Both hands in K handshape. The pinky side of dominant hand connects and rests on thumb side of base hand. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.

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Love

Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined

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The sign for Love in American Sign Language. Both hands in S handshape, arms crossed over each other over the signers chest. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent blue and pink in different stages of the sign. There is a purple heart over the crossed arms. Background is white.

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Anyway I'm watching Deafula

the asl sign for “transgender“ is basically the same as the sign for ”beautiful“ but signed at the chest instead of in front of the face.

so that’s cool.