Sign the ASL Gloss
The teacher is absent today.
TODAY TEACHER ABSENT.
My class starts at 8:15
8:15, MY CLASS START.
What does ADA mean?
Americans with Disabilities Act
Hold your head, look sick and pretend to check your temperature.
SICK—NURSE
A teacher is absent and another teacher arrives.
SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
Where is the nurse’s office?
NURSE OFFICE WHERE?
ASL is my second-period class.
SECOND PERIOD, MY CLASS ASL.
What is VRS?
Signed video calls relayed through an interpreter
Look confused while comparing two class schedules and point to the wrong class.
SCHEDULE —COUNSELOR HELP
A student misses the bus and needs transportation assistance.
BUS DRIVER
Science is easy, but English is difficult.
SCIENCE EASY, BUT ENGLISH HARD.
What time does your math class start?
YOUR MATH CLASS START WHAT-TIME?
What is DeafBlind culture?
A community with shared identities and tactile communication experiences
Search shelves for a missing book and show that you cannot find it.
BOOK LOST—LIBRARIAN HELP
A student arrives late and discovers an attendance error.
ATTENDANCE CLERK
What class do you have during second period?
SECOND PERIOD, YOUR CLASS WHAT?
Science starts at 9:15 and finishes at 10:10.
9:15 SCIENCE CLASS START, 10:10 FINISH.
What was the Milan Conference of 1880?
Conference that promoted oralism and rejected signing in education
Pretend to spill a drink, look surprised and clean the floor.
FLOOR DIRTY—CUSTODIAN HELP
A student wants to join the basketball team.
COACH / ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
I like art because drawing is fun.
ART ME LIKE, WHY? DRAW FUN.
My schedule changed last week.
LAST-WEEK, MY SCHEDULE CHANGE.
America’s first permanent Deaf school opened in what year?
1817
Act like two people cannot understand each other, then show a third person facilitating communication.
COMMUNICATION ACCESS—INTERPRETER HELP
A new student completes enrollment paperwork.
REGISTRAR