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Signing Savvy is a labor of love by a team of Deaf, CODA, and current educators striving to share easy-to-use American Sign Language learning tools. Deaf and Coda owned!
Question: Isn’t deafness a disability? Answer: From a purely physical viewpoint, yes, the sense of hearing doesn’t function properly. #deaf #Deaf #Culture #History #signingsavvy
August 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Question: Isn’t deafness a disability? Answer: From a purely physical viewpoint, yes, the sense of hearing doesn’t function properly. #deaf #Deaf #Culture #History #signingsavvy
Question: Should a hearing person write about Deaf Culture? Answer: If only insiders wrote about their own culture, many fields like sociology, anthropology, ethnology and linguistics wouldn’t exist. #Deaf #Culture #History #ASL #Linguistics #signingsavvy
July 31, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Question: Should a hearing person write about Deaf Culture? Answer: If only insiders wrote about their own culture, many fields like sociology, anthropology, ethnology and linguistics wouldn’t exist. #Deaf #Culture #History #ASL #Linguistics #signingsavvy
Question: What is Deaf culture? Answer: A social, communal and creative force of, by and for Deaf people based on American Sign Language. #ASL #Deaf #Community #Culture #History #signingsavvy
July 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Question: What is Deaf culture? Answer: A social, communal and creative force of, by and for Deaf people based on American Sign Language. #ASL #Deaf #Community #Culture #History #signingsavvy
Question: Are hard of hearing people part of the Deaf community? Answer: Do they want to be? It is not about their hearing loss. It is about a shared language. #ASL #Culture #History #signingsavvy
July 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Question: Are hard of hearing people part of the Deaf community? Answer: Do they want to be? It is not about their hearing loss. It is about a shared language. #ASL #Culture #History #signingsavvy
Question: What is the difference between “hard of hearing” and “deaf”? Answer: Deaf means unable to hear normally. Whereas hard of hearing means having a mild to moderate hearing loss. #Deaf #deaf #hoh #terminologymatters #signingsavvy
July 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Question: What is the difference between “hard of hearing” and “deaf”? Answer: Deaf means unable to hear normally. Whereas hard of hearing means having a mild to moderate hearing loss. #Deaf #deaf #hoh #terminologymatters #signingsavvy
Question: What does the term “Deaf Community” include? Answer: Congenitally deaf, Pre-lingually deaf, Adventitiously deaf. #Deaf #deaf #HoH #signingsavvy
July 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Question: What does the term “Deaf Community” include? Answer: Congenitally deaf, Pre-lingually deaf, Adventitiously deaf. #Deaf #deaf #HoH #signingsavvy
Question: Is deafness “bad karma”? Answer: No, hopefully we’ve made strides in eradicating negative views against deaf persons. #Deaf #Culture #History #Signingsavvy
July 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Question: Is deafness “bad karma”? Answer: No, hopefully we’ve made strides in eradicating negative views against deaf persons. #Deaf #Culture #History #Signingsavvy
Question: How do people become deaf? Answer: You are either born deaf or become deaf. #Deaf #History #signingsavvy
July 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Question: How do people become deaf? Answer: You are either born deaf or become deaf. #Deaf #History #signingsavvy
Question: Do deaf parents tend to have deaf children? Answer: Deafness is inherited. 90% of deaf people have hearing parents. #Deaf #deaf #Culture #History #signimgsavvy
July 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Question: Do deaf parents tend to have deaf children? Answer: Deafness is inherited. 90% of deaf people have hearing parents. #Deaf #deaf #Culture #History #signimgsavvy
Question: Do all deaf people develop a talent for lip reading? Answer: No only 30% of speech is easily understood. The percentage goes up higher if it is in context. #Deaf #deaf #Education #History #signingsavvy
July 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Question: Do all deaf people develop a talent for lip reading? Answer: No only 30% of speech is easily understood. The percentage goes up higher if it is in context. #Deaf #deaf #Education #History #signingsavvy
When signing 10 dollars and up, sign the number, then sign DOLLAR. #ASL #Number #Linguistics #signingsavvy
July 18, 2025 at 11:38 AM
When signing 10 dollars and up, sign the number, then sign DOLLAR. #ASL #Number #Linguistics #signingsavvy
A standard variant is used for 1-9 dollars which twists the number sign from palm out to palm in. #ASL #Numbers #Linguistics #signingsavvy
July 18, 2025 at 2:36 AM
A standard variant is used for 1-9 dollars which twists the number sign from palm out to palm in. #ASL #Numbers #Linguistics #signingsavvy
When signing dollar amounts, sign the number, then sign DOLLAR. #ASL #Numbers #Linguistics #signingsavvy
July 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM
When signing dollar amounts, sign the number, then sign DOLLAR. #ASL #Numbers #Linguistics #signingsavvy
The “apostrophe S” variant is also sometimes used for centuries. “The 1800’s” would be 18C+’s (palm out to palm in) or 1800+’s. #ASL #Numbers #Linguistics #signingsavvy
July 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The “apostrophe S” variant is also sometimes used for centuries. “The 1800’s” would be 18C+’s (palm out to palm in) or 1800+’s. #ASL #Numbers #Linguistics #signingsavvy
July 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
When discussing the 19th century it is generally converted to its meaning of “the 1800’s” and is signed 18+C (and the C shakes). #ASL #Numbers #Linguistics #signingsavvy
July 16, 2025 at 1:43 AM
When discussing the 19th century it is generally converted to its meaning of “the 1800’s” and is signed 18+C (and the C shakes). #ASL #Numbers #Linguistics #signingsavvy
July 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
July 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A handshape is sometimes used for “apostrophe S” where the American Sign Language Manual alphabet “S” twists from palm out to palm in. #ASL #Linguistics #signingsavvy
July 13, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A handshape is sometimes used for “apostrophe S” where the American Sign Language Manual alphabet “S” twists from palm out to palm in. #ASL #Linguistics #signingsavvy
As when signing decade related age information, the span of a decade is signed by shaking the “tens” number sign. #ASL #Numbers #Linguistics #signingsavvy
July 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As when signing decade related age information, the span of a decade is signed by shaking the “tens” number sign. #ASL #Numbers #Linguistics #signingsavvy
The numbers 1-8 can be incorporated to form a compound sign with YEAR. However, the numbers 1-5 can be incurred into the sign for NEXT-YEAR and PAST-YEAR. #ASL #Numbers #Linguistics #signingsavvy
July 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The numbers 1-8 can be incorporated to form a compound sign with YEAR. However, the numbers 1-5 can be incurred into the sign for NEXT-YEAR and PAST-YEAR. #ASL #Numbers #Linguistics #signingsavvy
When the numbers 6-9 are incorporated (7 MONTH) this pattern may continue, or a variant may be used. This variant turns palm out, with the base of the palm/wrist sliding down the passive base. #ASL #Linguistics #signingsavvy
July 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
When the numbers 6-9 are incorporated (7 MONTH) this pattern may continue, or a variant may be used. This variant turns palm out, with the base of the palm/wrist sliding down the passive base. #ASL #Linguistics #signingsavvy
Question: Do deaf parents raise a hearing child better than hearing parents raise a deaf child? Answer: No, it all depends on the environment. #Deaf #deaf #Coda #Hearing #signingsavvy
July 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Question: Do deaf parents raise a hearing child better than hearing parents raise a deaf child? Answer: No, it all depends on the environment. #Deaf #deaf #Coda #Hearing #signingsavvy
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July 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Here are a few signs from our Independence Day: From Fireworks to Freedom Vocabulary Builder.
⏰ Today is the LAST DAY to save 25% on membership—don’t miss it!
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