Every Day Object Signs
The sign for sitting on something
What is a chair?
The sign for change depending on size or shape
What is describing?
The sign is used in many visual languages by deaf communities
What is sign language?
The sign for movements, gestures, and facial expressions, telling stories visually
What is Deaf performing arts?
The sign for Multi-sport events by the ICSD (International Committee of Sports for the Deaf)
What are Deaflympics?
The sign for writing something
What is a pen?
The sign for movement being altered towards feeling
What is feeling?
The sign for the audiological condition of not hearing
What is deafness?
The sign for artwork of the resistance against audism
What is Deaf Protest Art?
The sign for the year that the first official Deaflympics were held in Paris
What is 1924?
The sign for drinking out of an object
What is a cup?
The sign for directing where something is moved
What is directing?
The sign for a university established in 1864 for deaf and hard-of-hearing students
What is Gallaudet University?
The sign for artistic movements and visuals to celebrate and express the deaf experience
What is De'VIA? (Deaf View Image Art)
The sign for a crucial adaptation in Deaf sports to ensure fair play and communication
What are visual signs?
The sign for turning a key in a lock
What is a door?
The sign for location near the body specifying an action
What is performing?
The sign for an act, passed in 1990, that prohibits discrimination based on disability
What is ADA? (Americans with Disabilities Act)
The sign representing connection and solidarity within the Deaf community
What is Deafhood
The sign for a well-known Deaf baseball player. Played in Major League Baseball (Early 1900s)
Who is Dummy Hoy?
The sign for putting jewelry on your wrist
What is a bracelet
The sign for altering the size of two objects together
What is comparing?
The sign for a device invented in the late 19th century to help with hearing loss
What is a hearing aid?
The sign for the positive aspects of Deaf culture and sign language beauty
What is Affirmation Art?
The sign for sports that are modified and created specifically to suit individuals with hearing impairments
What are adapted sports?