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Sign Language Interpreters At High Ergonomic Risk
ScienceDaily (Apr. 19, 2008) — Sign language interpreting is one of the highest-risk professions for ergonomic injury, according to a new study conducted by Rochester Institute of Technology. The research indicates that interpreting causes more physical stress to the extremities than high-risk tasks conducted in industrial settings, including assembly line work. It also f… Continue

Good stuff to watch! Enjoy!


http://www.stonedeafplay.com/index.html

This is great! A great learning tool!

http://www.jalc.edu/ipp/flash/miranda.html

Deaf

What is it like to be deaf?

People have asked me.
Deaf? Oh, hmm, how do I explain that?
Simply, I can't hear.
Nooo, it is much more than that.
t is similar to a goldfish in a bowl.
Always observing things going on.
People talking all the time.

It is beign a man on his own island

Among foreigners.

Isolation is not a stranger to me.

Relatives say 'hi" and "bye".

But I sit for five hours among them.
Taking great pleasure at amusing babies.

Reading books, resting , helping out with food… Continue

"The Forest" by Jason Stewart

Vcom3D and the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center of Gallaudet University are researching and developing a proof-of-concept system for creating and delivering animated stories using the full range of facial expression and body language of American Sign Language, as well as manual signs. Results from this Phase I proof-of-concept will provide the basis for developing an… Continue