UK college promotes AI sign language
A college has decided to use AI generated BSL to promote the language. The only problem is… its all wrong! If anyone was to try and use some of these signs featured on these posters…
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Massieu’s encounter with a thief
1792 was a year when the French had a lot on their hands – for there was a revolution and its king had been deposed. Those tumultuous times began in July 1789 with the Bastille…
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Audism | Irony | Oral Doctrine
What a Trumpformation!
Oh the Official Monster Raving Loony Party! But they don’t rant and rave like a certain POTUS! There’s the bizarre and then there’s the truly bizarre. As for the latter, it must be emphasized a…
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Copernicus was never right…
Copernicus was wrong – like so many human aspirations are. On a lot of levels there is a great likelihood that humans could possibly never be right about anything. There is, for a start, no…
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The true origin of the oppression of the Deaf?
Evidently many in the hearing world think the Deaf have no integrity nor proper sense of being. Why? There are many historic reasons – and one of those could be down to a rarely explained…
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Why hearing people ‘see’ supremacy
This might seem quite an obtuse title, but in a sense it has already been answered in some ways on Deaf21. To be hearing is to be at the top tier of the heirachy scale….
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London BSL classes & practice
Around 18 million UK adults are deaf or hearing loss (RNID). A June 2024 analysis says about 87,000 are British Sign Language (BSL) users. There are a number of dedicated courses and free signing practice groups for…
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The Abbé de L’Épée
The Abbé de L’Épée is a revered figure in the history of the deaf. Presented here is a text from a popular French magazine published 100 years ago. The translation is straight off Google –…
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Deaf | Historical | TV-Film
Ridicule (1996)
Ridicule is a 1996 French film that features the Abbé de l’Épée. The film tells the story of the Abbé de Villecourt, played by Bernard Giraudeau. De Villecourt is an influential figure at the court of…
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Reality – and the Deaf
Are humanity’s knowledge and traditions real even? What is true and what’s not? A recent video from Star Talk is interesting because it concerns the amount of fakery or possible untruths in society, the Internet…
