I'm losing my hearing. What are my options? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 5, 2009 - 15 answers

What is the purpose of sign language interpretation at the opera? [more inside]
posted by stuck on an island on Oct 15, 2009 - 23 answers

Tonight around midnight, in South City St. Louis, MO, my mom pulled up to a stoplight left of a pickup truck, and the thirty-something, white, crew-cut haired driver flashed her a hand sign that looked, from her perspective, like the letter "C." He did this several times over the next couple minutes whenever he pulled along side her, until she managed to lose him. Has anyone seen this before or know what it means?
posted by Hollow on Sep 27, 2009 - 18 answers

What's a good way to learn ASL in Washington, DC? I'm aware of Gallaudet, but it looks as if I've missed the fall enrollment deadline for classes. I can enroll in the springtime, of course, but in the meantime, I'd like to start learning how to converse with the deaf community in DC. [more inside]
posted by gyges on Sep 23, 2009 - 10 answers

Can anyone tell me more about "ixaratte"? It's supposed to be a complicated court sign-language of the Ottoman empire. [more inside]
posted by ninazer0 on Aug 19, 2009 - 7 answers

Learning ASL in Houston [more inside]
posted by LittleMissCranky on Jan 25, 2009 - 1 answer

Know of any yoga classes in the San Francisco Bay Area that are in Spanish or in sign language? [more inside]
posted by salvia on Jan 15, 2008 - 3 answers

If you are good at both talking and signing, to what extent can you have two simultaneous and different conversations going at the same time?
posted by uandt on Nov 26, 2007 - 16 answers

Baby signing classes in Socal next week? [more inside]
posted by msittig on Sep 25, 2007 - 0 answers

I'm working on some basic sign language with my 14 month old, and now that the weather's warming up, he has a real need to communicate the word "outside" when he wants to go out and play (he'll go over to the door and babble, but it would be great if he could come to me and tell me what he wants). Can someone explain (or link to a site with picture/video) the sign for "outside," "outdoors," or something similar? Bonus if the gesture is fairly simple so that my son can catch on quickly.
posted by roundrock on Feb 14, 2007 - 9 answers

I'd love to know how many calories one burns during sign language interpreting - I think this might interest a lot of interpreters, actually. [more inside]
posted by etoile on Nov 7, 2006 - 2 answers

A question for those familiar with American Sign Language (or other signed languages): When hearing speakers are surprised or shocked or wish to indicate they have just said something they shouldn't they often clap their hands over their mouth. This is usually immediate and seems almost involuntary. Is there something similar used by deaf signers or do they tend to use the same gesture hearing people do? [more inside]
posted by LeeJay on Apr 9, 2006 - 9 answers

Does the concept of "rhyme" exist in sign language? [more inside]
posted by freebird on Apr 30, 2004 - 9 answers