by Christina Schabow, owner Baby Sign Language in Play (Portland, Oregon) This is by far one of the most common questions I get from parents: Will teaching my baby to sign delay his speech?As a Speech-Language Pathologist (SLP) I love to answer this question! A good deal of research has been done to address […]
Category Archives: Sign Language
Obama seeks momentum from Russia arms pact signing
Obama seeks momentum from Russia arms pact signing President Barack Obama leaves on Wednesday for Prague where he will sign a landmark nuclear treaty with Russia, marking a much-needed diplomatic achievement and a step toward better ties with Moscow. Read more on Reuters via Yahoo! News .
Deaf Culture Uncovered
In 1965, Deaf Culture was first recognized as a real culture. That was only forty years ago. William Stokoe, Carl Croneberg, and Dorothy Casterline were the ones who introduced the culture of the Deaf to the world. They wrote the Dictionary of American Sign Language and included information about the thriving culture of the […]
Obama calls nuke terrorism the top threat to US
Obama calls nuke terrorism the top threat to US Rewriting America’s nuclear strategy, the White House on Tuesday announced a fundamental shift that calls the spread of atomic weapons to rogue states or terrorists a worse threat than the nuclear Armageddon feared during the Cold War. Read more on AP via Yahoo! News .
Can learning sign language help me learn other (spoken) languages easier?
I was thinking that maybe learning sign language would not only help me communicate with the deaf, but also help me learn languages like italian and French faster. Like if I’m learning the french word for Car I can sign car at the same time and I’ll remember what the word means. I don’t know […]
An overview on sign language linguistics
Sign language is a rule-governed language that has its own grammatical rules and symbol system. As such, it meets all the requirements of spoken languages abolishing any dispute as to whether it is really a language or not. The work of William C. Stokoe Jr. ‘Sign Language Structure’ (1960) is the first linguistic analysis […]
Millions have poor language skills
Millions have poor language skills AN astonishing four million Australian workers have such poor literacy skills they cannot understand some everyday words. Read more on Perth Now .
Camp encourages entrepreneurship
Camp encourages entrepreneurship August is four months away, but it’s not too early to sign up for the Second Annual Youth Entrepreneurship Summer Camp in Williston. Read more on Williston Herald .
Learning Baby Sign Language
Have you ever looked at your newborn baby, and wondered why are you crying so much today? I think all parents have. Now there is a new way to communicate with your child at a very early age. Babies as young as 6 months old can learn to do baby sign language. This […]
Disability Etiquette ? 7 Tips to Polite Practice
Following proper disability etiquette is one of the best ways to make persons with disabilities feel welcome and comfortable in any setting. Disability etiquette also makes good business sense – helping you to expand your practice and effectively serve your customers. Tip #1 – Respect the individual Persons with disabilities have families, jobs, hobbies, […]