Maybe this is a literary trope. Maybe people need that fantasy, that hope for a rainbow. I wrote BYE BYE I LOVE YOU because I believe people can find comfort in the real. This is how it's going to end. Probably in silence. Last words will be yours, not his. Also, terminal lucidity is very rare.

Hey SLPs/Deafies/other people who deal with ASHA. I know for a while there was contention re: whether a deaf-signing person could give a presentation at ASHA in ASL or be a certified SLP. To what degree was that "official" policy, and is that still the case?

Linguists will really say "the forbidden experiment" like people aren't performing it on the majority of deaf children in this country every day 💀

@davidmcgaughey.bsky.social On the off-chance that you weren't already aware, I felt duty-bound to draw your attention to Jasper Scarrott, darts player www.facebook.com/share/v/1Mkr...

I'd love to hear any feedback on this position statement we have developed. It aims to clearly communicate to students our approach to using AI, and the underlying reasons and motivations for our approach. Would you use something like this in your teaching? What changes would you make?

And besides—what about the pool of human translators, especially deaf translators, who see mediocre AI taking over work they can still do much better?

In honor of the new home for #ASLSignbank, I thought it was time to give #Glossgesang a home on Bluesky. What's #Glossgesang you ask? Why thank you for asking! It's this: Always present signed language data in a visual format without relying solely on glossing

Fundraiser for my collaborator Erik Arellano a Deaf Mexican linguist to attend summer school in Berlin

I’m constantly reminded of how deaf linguists esp. from the Global South, make a unique contribution to signed language linguistics especially when it comes to researching their own signed languages. Yet they are constantly denied educational opportunities in higher academia.

Does anyone have any advice for how to develop better writing habits as a late-diagnosed ADHD academic? I want to write a book or two, but struggle enormously with the this kind of big task. How does one avoid either hyper-focusing for a week then burning out, or just getting overwhelmed? Help!

Can anyone recommend research supporting the need for deaf children to have early access to a *community of signers*, including peers and adults, not just one or two signing teachers? Thanks!

Last year I published an article with Fahimah Ali called "Multimodal Languaging in a Signing Community in the Bay Islands of Honduras" about ways in which deaf-blind people in a small community use language. So here's a thread to get me started on here. muse.jhu.edu/article/928057

Just write alt text ya weenies

(Graeber 2015)

Lina Hou’s keynote, MIND-PING: Grammars and Epistemologies, challenges us to rethink multilanguage, knowledge, and Eurocentric Deaf epistemologies 🙌🏽 #Sign10 @linasigns.bsky.social

I'm slowly uploading pictures from #Sign10 in Trinidad for all that couldn't attend. It was worth all the effort to attend. #Sign10 invited the local deaf communities to attend the conference. I met so many people, think I left a bit of my heart with them in Trinidad.

Nicky Macias’s presentation explores how embracing nonbinary focal sites empowers multiple identities and fosters inclusivity in multilingual sign languages #Sign10

Kris M. Ali’s presentation delves into the challenges of interpreting Queer and Trans sign languaging in Trinidad. #Sign10

I found motivation when I attended the panel discussion on the Deaf Caribbean Academic Network at #Sign10. I was empowered to see how the deaf academics used Video Diaries and in person meetings to help cope with inequities and inaccessibilities in education.

Presenting was super fun at #Sign10. Thank you for allowing me to present my research on how deaf community members determined that African American English and culture can be successfully conveyed in ASL. (Thx hubby for the flowers!)

Regional signs matter. Marina and Ricarde’s presentation on classifiers and intermodal contact in Puerto Rican Sign Language shows how diversity enriches communication and culture. #Sign10

Yarett Piñeiro Rodríguez's presentation “Attitudes to sign language naming and variation in Puerto Rico” highlights the importance of protecting Puerto Rican Sign Language and embracing its variations. #Sign10

Keynote presentation: Danielle Thompson - ‘Nothing about us without us’ to ‘Nothing Without Us’: The fight for legal recognition of sign language and communication access for the deaf in the Caribbean #Sign10

excited to share the first version of my new app for learning sign language annotation and writing systems here at #SIGN10 in Trinidad today web: signlanguagetranscription.github.io iOS: apps.apple.com/us/app/sign-... Android: play.google.com/store/apps/d...

Opening at #Sign10 - during a bit of history, a welcome from Trinidad & a sincere mention of thanks to the sponsors!

Sending updates from #Sign10 Conference. Here are pics from day one - opening workshops on International Sign and Sign Languages of Caribbean.

Rezenet dismantles the idea of linguistic hierarchies and challenges conventional notions of "formality" in language in her presentation: “ “Is there formality in Black American Sign Language (BASL)?” #Sign10

FLASHTALK #Sign10 session: Bryan Rodrigues - "Accomplishments and new opportunities"

Thank you so much for the wonderful time at the #Sign10 conference at the University of West Indies in Trinidad & Tobago 🇹🇹 with inspiring on-stage presentations and posters 😊 And the whole conference being in International Sign without sign-to-voice interpreting

While there's Dr Deaf this week in Norway, there's also one on the other side of the world! We are together 🌎 #sign10

#SIGN10 was so muh fun! Met so many new people and added so many WhatsApp contacts

Is there formality in Black ASL? Dr. Rezenet Moges-Riedel discussed this topic at #Sign10. Looking forward to getting public access to their data - sooooo exciting to find out the April 2023 Black Studies Symposium will be shared with the public!

Erik Arellano's presentation dives into the lived experiences of Deaf hawkers on Mexico City's metro—vagoneros sordos—highlighting their resilience, culture, and unique way of navigating the city. #Sign10

Carla García-Fernández’s presentation sheds light on the true meaning of sign language preservation—protecting cultures, multiple identities, and communities. #Sign10

Octavian Robinson and Erin Moriarty’s presentation highlights the importance of queering ASL - embracing multiple expressions of gender and sexuality #Sign10 @deafkilljoy.bsky.social @emoriartyh.bsky.social

Kudos to @benbraithwaite.bsky.social and team for organizing an incredible conference. I love when I leave a conference with new ideas and directions for my work. Great feedback from the audience on papers with @linasigns.bsky.social and @erinmoriarty.bsky.social going home energized. #SIGN10

Deaf people don't have broken English. @linasigns.bsky.social and I will present this next week at SIGN10. A little sneak preview here: