tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post5745413127387357272..comments2024-02-14T06:26:09.116-05:00Comments on Frozen Tropics: Interesting New iPad App: Sensual CulturesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-32731145707734853122013-07-23T06:45:22.939-04:002013-07-23T06:45:22.939-04:00This is cool!This is cool!Valariehttp://bestmemoryfoammattressreviews.us/2013/07/19/top-rated-memory-foam-mattresses/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8835710.post-24728724370004156992013-05-29T22:51:55.018-04:002013-05-29T22:51:55.018-04:00Sounds (yeah) good. I have a very little bit of A...Sounds (yeah) good. I have a very little bit of ASL knowledge from my days in Girl Scouts, and a lot of Gallaudet students living around me. It's not too much to ask that people undertake basic non-verbal communication with their deaf neighbors (pointing, writing things when possible, typing something into a phone so both of you know what you're saying), and learning a few signs is easy! They're always impressed when I give them an ASL "thank you" if they hold the door for me or whatnot ("thank you" is holding a flat palm, knuckles and thumb out, to your chin and bringing it down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEtHSsDpb0c). If they start to sign at me in earnest after the pleasantries I know, I simply give them a "no" and shrug: http://lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/n/no.htm<br /><br />But an app helps. A lack of hearing or sight shouldn't exclude people from everyday life. Something like this helps deaf/blind/sensory impaired people participate with us "normal" people with minimal disruption. After all, someone with a sensory deficit is likely just as smart and capable as anyone else, they just need to communicate and experience a little differently. Our most brilliant accountant at work can't see his hand in front of his face without a magnifying glass...he's still the most brilliant accountant I've ever met, and I will rely on his expertise when necessary, even if I have to print things 3x larger for him. :)Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03944976538739372729noreply@blogger.com