Comments on: Public Service Announcements in China using ASL/CSL

By: Ann_C

Ann_C — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:00:03 +0000

Interesting idea, Amy! I’d also like to see a PSA here that shows how diverse the d/Deaf community is, with the various communication methods from Deaf culture, oral HOH and C.I. deaf, to show the world that indeed “Deaf people can do anything!”

By: Dianrez

Dianrez — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:46:21 +0000

Impressive! This might not exactly be the age of the cochlear implant, but it certainly is the age of the media revolution where deaf people are concerned. Way to go!

By: Ella

Ella — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 07:04:37 +0000

thanks for finding those PSAs for us. Wish I’d seen them on actual TV. Guess most of them showed in China. Anyway, that old line “Deaf people can do anything but hear” is kind of audist to me. Really, the most appropriate thing to say would be “Deaf people can do anything!” (without “but hear”). Agree?

By: Insane Misha

Insane Misha — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:53:42 +0000

Amy,

Wow! Those are really great. USA should take that cue and spread out more in USA. For TV commercial, schools, etc. That would be great to show the people how beautiful ASL really is.

Insane Misha

By: the one and only ridor

the one and only ridor — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 18:14:35 +0000

Amazing piece of work!

China is indeed passing us by.

R-

By: Welch's ASL Juice!

Welch's ASL Juice! — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:55:25 +0000

Wow! I remember I saw it before and now it is refresh for us to be able to do anything! Thanks!

By: Joseph Pietro Riolo

Joseph Pietro Riolo — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:19:42 +0000

I don’t mean to hijack your blog post but I want to share what I learned some years ago.

Some years ago, I believe, on the old forum DEAF-L, a person, whose name I am ashamed to say that I never memorize, wrote that given that the technologies for hearing continue to improve and advance, the saying about deaf doing anything except hear is becoming outdated. He wrote that instead of saying “Deaf can do anything except hear.”, people can start say, “Deaf can do everything including hear.” (or something like this).

He gave me the new perspective that I never saw before. This reminds me of your other blog post that discussed on the word “but”.

Just a thought.

Joseph Pietro Riolo
josephpietrojeungriolo@gmail.com

By: KyDeafie

KyDeafie — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 03:48:12 +0000

Wow… Beautiful… Positive way of promote the awareness about Deaf. Media is a powerful tool. Many of us can use the idea like that for here in USA.

By: valhallian

valhallian — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 02:52:03 +0000

awesome videos!!!! thanks for brightening up my day with those videos!!!!

By: Trudy

Trudy — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 01:22:23 +0000

This reminds me of the series of television ads I’ve seen within the past year – aired by Gillette Healthcare. http://www.curepity.org/ has some of the ads. Their tagline is “Pity. It’s 100% curable.” The videos I’ve seen are at http://www.curepity.org/default.cfm/PID=1.6.2 – not captioned, I don’t think. But doesn’t really need captions.