Daniel Greene

Tag: community

  • Separate is Not Equal | Deaf Performers Were Not Included At The Halftime Show

    Separate is Not Equal | Deaf Performers Were Not Included At The Halftime Show

    Same thing I’ve been complaining about for 15 years! To quote deaf blogger Amanda Tuite:

    …the entire programming of the Super Bowl left a bad taste in my mouth. As a deaf person, I always anticipated seeing the national anthem and “America the Beautiful” performed by professional deaf entertainers who use American Sign Language. This time, we saw an influx in news publications lea
    — Read on http://www.accessvine.co/post/separate-is-not-equal-deaf-performers-were-not-included-at-the-halftime-show

  • Yes, cuddling is a thing now

    Yes, cuddling is a thing now

    Did you know platonic cuddling is a “thing” now? Yep, there’s a whole community of cuddlers who want to cuddle and — that’s it! — just cuddle. If you want to just cuddle, or just talk about cuddling, check out my profile on CuddleComfort.com. And check out the community after checking out my profile. Hope to see you there!

  • National Coming Out Day 2019

    Oh, and I’m gay. #nationalcomingoutday

  • When you stop being the “inviter”

    When you stop being the “inviter”

  • Three lessons this interpreter is learning from teaching ASL

    1. It takes patience and creativity to sign with people who know little sign language.

    I have a new respect for Deaf people who take the time to sign with ASL students. Having more respect for Deaf people and more creativity in how I express myself is making me a better Deaf community member.

    2. I’ve been doing it wrong.

    Well, maybe not wrong, but there are things I never knew, such as that Y is considered a down letter; that is, Y is made by tilting the palm downward. I’m sure this is not a hard and fast rule; in fact, I can see even on the Signing Naturally DVD the language models do not always sign Y that way. Still, I never knew it ever tilted down at all. Now I see it in the way I and other signers spell the lexicalized #style and #yes. I also never knew that the sign WHEN meant what day, not what time. Again, I’m sure this is not a hard and fast rule, but I never knew it was a rule at all. Those are just two examples of several. Learning how to refine my signing is making me a better interpreter.

    3. Now I see what my students have learned.

    Since many of the interpreting students and working interpreters I teach have learned ASL with the Signing Naturally curriculum, I have a better idea of what they were taught. Knowing what my students have learned is making me a better interpreter trainer.