“Redefining D-E-A-F”

Below is a wonderful video that discusses "Deaf" from many angles. It is a very well done and immensely informative video. It is subtitled for those whose ASL skills aren't up to following the presenter. It is a little long, but it's really worth the watch!

Universal ASL Education – To sum it up

Today’s educational system focuses on spoken language, isolating students who use visual language from what is going on inside and outside of the classroom. But if all the students and teachers had some degree of fluency in both ASL and English, everyone would benefit. Language barriers both inside and outside of the classroom would come…

Universal ASL Education – Existing Models

By now you may be thinking, “Well that’s a great idea, but how are we going to have teachers using both ASL and English to teach?” Thankfully we have existing education models: bilingual-bicultural classrooms. In the article "Addressing Students' Language Needs in a Bilingual ASL and English Classroom", three teachers share their experience at the…

Universal ASL Education – Two Groups

There are two groups that we need to focus: teachers and children. Teachers would be the biggest hurdle at first. Colleges would have to include a specific level of ASL fluency in their graduation requirements. This also means that a standardized ASL curriculum must be agreed upon by all colleges. Colleges would have to work…