BASL Signs
What is the most common difference described between ASL and BASL?
BASL has more spice compared to ASL.
What are some studied differences between ASL and BASL?
Differences can include ways of signing, facial expressions, movement and more.
Who is Dr. Shirley Allen?
She is the first Black Deaf woman to earn a doctorate in 1992.
What year did segregation legally end?
July 2, 1964. (This is important later)
3+6
What is 9?
(-John, 2025)
How do you sign Christmas in BASL?
Both dominant and non-dominant hands have the pointer finger up, angled to the side and bounce up and down while pointing perpendicular-ish to the floor.
What caused ASL to be different from BASL?
The biggest cause is segregation that occurred in America and the Schools for the Deaf were also segregated which led to Black Deaf individuals making their own Schools for the Deaf and they had to make their own signs.
Who is Glenn B Anderson?
He is the first Black-Deaf man to earn a doctorate degree.
Why did the Texas school for the Blind, Deaf and Orphans allow black children to attend?
TDS (Texas school for the Blind, Deaf and Orphans) allowed black children to attend because they were a charity-sponsored institution.
How do you sign curious in BASL?
Take the dominant hand up to the face, thumb to the side of the chin and bend the four other fingers. (Kinda like signing 15 in ASL)
When was National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA) made?
1982.
Who is Opeoluwa Sotonwa?
He is a Deaf Nigerian American who's a defense attorney who also wrote The Victim of The Silent Void.
The last segregated state school for the Deaf became integrated in what year?
The Louisiana School for the Deaf became integrated in 1978.
How do you sign hurt in BASL?
Take the dominant hand and place it on the non-dominate hand (both flat) and have the non-dominate hand squeeze the dominant hand.
Proper education didn't begin for Black-Deaf children until what year?
Mid 1850's.
Who is Andrew Foster?
He was the first Black-Deaf student to graduate from Gallaudet in 1954.
What year did Gallaudet University open its doors to Black-Deaf students?
1950 was the first year Black-Deaf students were able to enroll.
How do you sign children in BASL?
Take the dominant hand in the ASL "Y" shape and drag the thumb from the opposite side of the forehead to the same side of the forehead.
Why is it important for everyone to recognize and preserve BASL?
(Subjective)
All languages are important to preserve and recognize along with keeping the history of it alive.
Who is Earnest Covington III?
He is the the Executive Director for the Rhode Island Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing (ODHH).
What year did NAD (National Association of the Deaf) finally allow Black-Deaf people to become members?
1965, one year after the Civil Rights Act was passed.