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Juggling With Eggs

Was chatting to one of my kids tonight about #BSL…they were encouraging me to practice!

Then they mentioned a Paralympic’s video from 2016 which they like called ‘Yes I can!’. There is a small section where someone signs.

This got us wondering if I hadn’t left it too late to start my Paralympic career?! But then we discovered you can’t enter the Paralympics if you are just #Deaf…but there is a separate #Deaflympics!

deaflympics2025-games.jp/en/ma

TOKYO 2025 DEAFLYMPICS - Games Information -What's Deaflympics? | TOKYO 2025 DEAFLYMPICS - Games Information -Deaflympics is Deaf + Olympics.The Deaflympics is an international "Olympics for Deaf people."
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Juggling With Eggs

Just started watching #Reunion on BBC iPlayer…it’s a gritty, thriller staring Matthew Gurney, Anne-Marie Duff and Rose Ayling-Ellis.

It’s beautifully directed and acted.

It’s also my first attempt at trying to follow #BSL having taken it up a few weeks ago. I’m grateful for the subtitles! But I’m suprised at how many signs I could already clearly identify

theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2

The Guardian · Reunion review – this excellent British Sign Language thriller is an absolute revelationBy Lucy Mangan
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Marcel Waldvogel

Fascinating #keynote by Rob Koch at #KubeCon on real-time Sign Language interpretation.

He "talked" in sign language (American Sign Language, ASL), which was real-time translated to both speech and closed captioning. And also to British Sign Language, which uses entirely different gestures. Wow!

And of course, the topic.was on how to automatically recognize sign language. And the challenges involved.

Wait for the recording!
#RobKoch #SignLanguange #ASL #BSL
kccnceu2025.sched.com/event/1t

Image of a monitor, showing the speaker signing in ASL, with closed captions and BSL "translation"
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Marcy Rockman

This fascinates me. British Sign Language (BSL) has added new signs to talk about climate change and related concepts such as sustainability, tipping points, and greenhouse gas emissions. The new signs aren't finger spelling or compilations of existing signs, but rather new sets of motions that convey what is happening or envisioned. In Micro-Climate Blog #25, I of course raise the question of what should a sign for "climate heritage" convey?

sha.org/signing-climate-change

#ClimateHeritage
#BSL

A white adult woman wearing a black shirt and with dark hair pulled back from her face is in the center of the photo in front of a plain medium blue background. Her right arm is raised to the side with her palm facing front and her left arm is held in front of upper chest and neck with her left hand forming a "C" shape that opens to her right.
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AlsoPaisleyCat

@punkonbus1701

September 23rd is International Sign Language Day established by the United Nations.

“The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes and promotes the use of sign languages. It makes clear that sign languages are equal in status to spoken languages and obligates states parties to facilitate the learning of sign language and promote the linguistic identity of the Deaf community.”

Le 23 septembre est la journée internationale des langues des signes, qui était établiée par les Nations unies.

“La Convention relative aux droits des personnes handicapées reconnaît l’égalité entre les langues des signes et les langues parlées et engage les États parties à en faciliter le recours et l'apprentissage”

un.org/en/observances/sign-lan

un.org/fr/observances/sign-lan

#Deaf#Sourde#HoH
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