It Feels So Good to be Living - By Rosa Lee, Damon Timm and lyrics by Bill Gaither trio. This is a great way to start a Monday morning and will kind permission of the group! [...] more »

Friends and family have made a touching musical tribute video to mark the anniversary of slain deaf woman Emma Agnew's death. The 20-year-old Christchurch ... [...] more »

On this second part of the Deaf Awareness Week posts (part one), we bring you a perspective on education for the deaf, and the different challenges it implies. First, from the Central African Republic, a school that after funds stopped, has continued fueled only by love. Second, from the Philippines, deaf students created and produced a video showcasing the struggles many of them face after they graduate. In Venezuela, teachers for the deaf explain the importance of a bilingual and bi-cultural education. And finally, a visual example of how different sign languages from two countries can be. [...] more »

http://charlytravels.blogspot.com/ This vblogsite takes you to sites, important and "sacred", in Deaf History. And to discuss them with vblogs. The videos, soon to be uploaded, came from 8mm videotapes shot at "sacred" places in Europe and in America in 1992. To the hill where Gallaudet and Clerc taught. To the basement where Sicard and Massieu worked. [...] more »

English as mother tongue for some children - ASL as first language for others. The author of the Blog (1001 Books in ASL) does some important work, in translating Childrenbooks into American Sign Language. Have a look - it's worth it. [...] more »

I recently returned from a 10-day trip to Europe, which included visiting the Czech Republic, England, and Italy. The purpose of the trip to Europe was to explore opportunities, and to strengthen and develop our relationship with other universities, schools, and organizations that work with and serve deaf people. Also, the intent was to exchange ideas and to strengthen Gallaudet's image in Europe. It was a very busy and full week. [...] more »

Below is a BSL based commercial for Skype, who had commissioned Remark!: You can watch it in full glory here. Fantastic collaboration, and good to see BSL being used as a marketing tool. [...] more »

Billed as the world's first deaf and blind theater company, the Nalaga'at center is currently showing the play No Bread Alone. The actors and actresses captivate the audiences by blending touch, mime sign language and music on stage. [...] more »

European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters Conference 2008 [...] more »

Overview The Universal Sign Language Translator Project (USLTP) is an initiative designed to harness the global outreach of the Internet in order to gather signs from sign languages around the world. The hope is to create a basis for an online cross-sign language dictionary reference that can serve as a sign-language translation tool across major world sign languages. [...] more »

HERO in sign language (Mariah Carey [...] more »

Recently we promised an interview with Dr Paddy Ladd. Hooray, here it is now: We are hoping to do more interviews in future. Please subscribe to our RSS feed, to make sure you don't miss these. [...] more »

Billy Mager's comedy, Text, Batteries and Earwax is now available on YouTube: Part 2: A sequel to this is coming out soon, and it's called 'The Association'. A trailer will be online soon, and you can find out more at... [...] more »

Diana and me [...] more »

Hearing is deaf impaired [...] more »