Asl - Blog Posts
Cane
Source: ASLDeafined
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Cane in American Sign Language. Hand in G handshape outline the shape of a cane. Then the signer mimics the movement of walking with a cane. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, purple, and pink.
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Wheelchair
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined I also found this video about basic wheelchair skills while researching hand placement
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Wheelchair in American Sign Language. Both hands in S handshape move forward and open in a loose 5 handshape. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign. There are black wheelchair wheels with silver rims to help signify location of the sign.
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Mourn
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Mourn or heartbreak in American Sign Language. Hands in C hand shape mirror each other with one hand palm up and the other palm down on either side of the heart. Then they twist as they close into S handshape. Movement is illustrated with arms that are translucent white. There is also a silhouette of a head and shoulders. The arms and silhouette are divided by lines radiating from the heart. Background is black.
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Disability
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Disability in American Sign Language. Handshapes D and A with the pattern of the disability pride flag: green, blue, white, yellow, and red diagonal stripes over a dark grey background.
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The faded black background represents "the anger and mourning over the eugenics and the neglect that disabled people have to fight against."
Red represents physical disabilities.
Gold is for neurodiversity.
White represents invisible disabilities and disabilities that haven't yet been diagnosed.
Blue stands for emotional and psychiatric disabilities, including mental illness, anxiety, and depression.
Green is for sensory disabilities, including deafness, blindness, lack of smell, lack of taste, audio processing disorder, and all other sensory disabilities.
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I was a little heartbroken to see my favorite local cafe selling these stickers, so I made a list of some Deaf artists selling their art online.
[Image ID: a Be kind sticker with English and ASL except 4 instead of B handshape, S instead of E, V instead of K, S instead of N, and 1 instead of D. Over the sticker are the words "this is why we don't buy art from Amazon" with "part of the reason" inserted between "this is" and "why". The word "Wrong" is above all the incorrect handshapes and "wrong in the same way is pointing to the S handshapes that are meant to represent the E and N.
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Jenna Floyd- she's the one who designed the original Starbucks ASL mug
Instagram Etsy
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Girl and Creativity
Instagram Shop
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Woodstove Studios
Instagram Shop
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AngieĀ Goto-Deaf art educator from Australia
Instagram Shop
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Kali Doubledee- Captues the movements of signs in ink. On her instagram, she also demonstrates the signs. I have wind and earth.
Instagram Shop
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Plane
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Plane in American Sign Language. Hand in the ILY handshape with index and pinky fingers bent forward. Hand bounces forward slightly.
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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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Swim
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Swim in American Sign Language. Both hands in bent B handshape start in fron together the move to either side and back. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.
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Autism
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Autism in American Sign Language. Hand upright in 5 handshape palm facing signer closes into flat O handshape as it arches toward signer's chest and into base hand in C handshape. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.
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French
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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French in American Sign Language. Hand in F handshape palm up facing away from signer twists inward. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent blue and green in different stages of the sign.
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Netherlands
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Netherlands in American Sign Language. Both hands in 5 handshape to either side of the signers face palms facing signers head. Hand close into flat O handshape as they move away.
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Beach
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Beach in American Sign Language. Hands in 5 handshapes palms down. Dominant hand is pointed towards the side of base hand in front of the signer. Dominant hand moves over base hand and back like water on the shore.
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In honor of summer, can you maybe show pool related signs??
Sure! The sign pool is usually fingerspelled.
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I'll do some more summer signs in the next few days!
Summer
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Summer in American Sign Language. Index finger swipes across forehead, starting in 1 handshape and ending in X handshape.
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I'm adding some additional resources for LSF I found
This one has the LSF alphabet and some videos including one comparing Japanese, American, and French sign languages https://www.tradonline.fr/en/blog/french-sign-language-a-language-in-its-own-right/
This one is a LSF-ASL dictionary. I couldn't get it to work on my phone but it's really cool https://projects.lib.rochester.edu/lsf-asl-app/dictionary/n/a-g you search the English or French word then it shows videos LSF and ASL side by side
Here is a (non-exhaustive) list of free resources for different sign languages:
American Sign Language (ASL)
Australian Sign Language (Auslan)
Black American Sign Language (BASL)
British Sign Language (BSL)
Chinese Sign Language (CSL)
Emirati Sign Language (ESL)
French Sign Language (LSF)
Indian Sign Language (ISL)
International Sign Language (IS)
Irish Sign Language (ISL)
Japanese Sign Language (JSL)
Mexican Sign Language (LSM)
Plains Indian Sign Language (PISL)
Ukrainian Sign LanguageĀ (USL)
Please feel free to add on if you know of others, be it more resource for one of the sign languages above, or resources for learning any of the other 300 plus sign languages.
Gone
This sign is also used to mean passed away
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: gone in American Sign Language. Hand in loose 5 handshape slips down through base hand and ends in flat O handshape. The arms are black fading into grey at the bottom. The background is white fading into grey at the bottom.
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Want
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Want in American Sign Language. Hands in clawed 5 handshape move toward signer as fingers curl in more. There is dark red fluid falling through the fingers and eyes with eyelashes and angry eyebrows. Hands, eyes, and eyebrows are white. Background is red.
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Tired
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Tired in American Sign Language. Fingertips of both hands in bent open B handshape touch the chest and hands droop down so the sides of the hands rest on the chest with palms facing up. Face outline and arms are white. Background is black.
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Test
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: test in American Sign Language. Both hands move down starting in 1 handshape, then X handshape, then 5 handshape. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, and purple in different stages of the sign.
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Cat
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Cat in American Sign Language. Hand in open F handshape next to nose closes into F handshape as it moves away. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent shades of brown. Cat nose and mouth are black.
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Late Night
Double Feature
Picture Show
Deaf Broadway's Rocky Horror Picture Show
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Image 1: graphic design of the sign Late Night in ASL.
Image 2: graphic design of the sign twice in ASL.
Image 3: graphic design of the sign show twice in ASL.
Image 4: graphic design of hands representing light being projected.
Image 5: graphic design of the sign show, as in performance, in ASL.
All images are translucent red, black, grey, and white in different stages of the signs.
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Theater
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[Image ID: theater in American Sign Language. Both hands in A handshape alternately circle down and away from the torso. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.
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Show
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
[The (directional) verb show in American Sign Language. 1 handshape with finger on palm of base hand in 5 handshape moves towards the person you want to show, in this case you. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.
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Twice
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Twice in American Sign Language. Middle finger of hand in two handshape brushes palm of base hand and moves up. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.
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Late Night
Source: ASLDeafined
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Late night in American Sign Language. Open B handshape with palm down sweeps to the side while wrist stays resting on wrist of base hand. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green, blue, and purple in different stages of the sign.
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Ace
Sources: Rogan Shannon
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Ace in American Sign Language. The hands are translucent, overlapping, and the colors of the asexual flag.
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Bone
Sources: Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Bone in American Sign Language. Both hands in bent V handshape, palms facing signer, tap at the wrists. Hands and arms are bones with a black outline.
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Protest
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Protest in American Sign Language. S handshape palm facing signer and elbow resting on base hand in open B handshape palm down. Fist twists out and arms move out slightly. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.
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Image 1: Protest in ASL. Arms are different darker skin tones.
Image 2: Protest in ASL. First set of arms are in Gay pride colors. Second set are Trans pride colors.
Image 3: Protest in ASL. Arms are different skin tones in a black wrist brace.
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Surgery
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Surgery in American Sign Language. Hand in A handshape drags thumb against base hand in open B handshape. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign.
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Adore
Sources: SigningSavvy, Lifeprint, ASLDeafined
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Adore in American Sign Language. Hand in clawed 5 handshape palm facing signer in front of chin closes into S handshape. Movement is illustrated by arms that are translucent green and blue in different stages of the sign. Face outline and lips are blue.
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