How To Insult And Swear In British Sign Language

VIDEO [CC] - How to insult and swear in British Sign Language video compilation.



Warning: This content may offend - Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in the United States of America and Canada to see just how different between in American Sign Language (ASL) and British Sign Language (BSL) a right handed woman shows you how to insult and swear.



Watch and learn from the humorously video compilation of the Brits people as how to insulting and swearing someone in BSL. Please watch at your own discretion.

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Deaf Couple Had Their Baby Officially Registered With A Sign Name

VIDEO [CC] - Deaf baby becomes first person in Britain to have her sign language name that means smiley face legally recorded on her birth certificate.

LONDON - A Deaf couple have become the first people in Britain to record their baby's name in sign language on her birth certificate.



Theatre director Paula Garfield, 47, and her partner Tomato Lichy, 39, from Wembley, north London, wanted to record Hazel's name in British Sign Language (BSL), but said they were initially told by their local Brent Register Office that it was impossible.



Now their personal name for four-year-old Hazel, a reference to her smiling face, has pride of place on her birth certificate - as UbOtDDstarL.



Hazel's sign name, like many others, is not simply the letters H-A-Z-E-L spelt out.



Instead it is a made-up combination of symbols which, when taken in context, describes her personality in a way only her parents and friends can fully understand.



Hazel's sign name is written as UbOtDDstarL, which represents a combination of hand movements.

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The U represents the chin, bO means a 'baby O' made with the thumb and forefinger, tD means 'hands facing the signer', Dstar means 'the handshape opens' and L shows the shape of the hand.



Put that together and it makes a small O shape held at the chin, which then opens into an L shape.



Ms Garfield told MailOnline she had a battle of up to nine months with the Register Office. The issue was finally sorted around four years ago, but the case has had little publicity.



'My daughter's sign name is what it is because her first expression was a smile,' she said. 'There's no way to translate it perfectly into English.



'But we went to the register office and they said it was "ridiculous, you can't register a sign name, don't be silly". So we got in touch with a solicitor, who said the law allows people to have their name on a birth certificate "in their own language".' ... Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2840423/Deaf-couple-s-daughter-Britain-sign-legally-recorded-birth-certificate.html

Deaflympics London 1935 - Documentary

VIDEO: Documentary Film - 4th International Games for the Deaf, London.



LONDON - The 4th International Games for the Deaf (now the Deaflympics) took place in London, in 1935.



The first part of this film documents the opening ceremonies as well as certain athletic events; there are scenes of crowds gathered outside St Paul Cathedral’s after the special service, an athletes’ parade at the White City Stadium, as well as opening speech by Lord Desborough followed by a number of track events.



Scenes at St Paul’s Cathedral: exterior views of St Paul's and the crowds at the Special Service for the commencement of the games; the filmmaker shows those attending, groups conversing in sign language and wider pans of the crowd who, looking towards the camera, wave and sign. This is followed by shots of scouts and guides (mostly adults) standing to attention.

At the White City, the first purpose-built Olympic Stadium, athletes and delegates parade around the track. The Finnish team are captured first, followed by the French, then the German squad, who are led by a young man carrying a Nazi flag. More nations follow, eventually forming a line on the field.



Lord Desborough is shown giving a speech. He welcomes the athletes, while an interpreter sign to the crowd and there are views of the packed stands and people moving down the aisles towards seats. On the field, a formally dressed couple walk towards the camera and sign; two men are captured mingling amongst the athletes; Mr W. Baird (Hon. Secretary of the International Sports) stands arm in arm with a female athlete who sports a number ‘1’ jersey, both smile for the camera. Read more: 4th International Games for the Deaf, London - Documentary.



The second part can be viewed at 4th International Games for the Deaf, London Part 2, visiting www.londonsscreenarchives.org.uk, as can Part 1's full catalogue record (LSA/22050).



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Deaf Lounge in Tottenham (VIDEO)

VIDEO [BSL] - 'Deaf Lounge' A new night club for Deaf people in Tottenham, U.K.



TOTTENHAM - Fun Side of being Deaf... London is well known for its lively night life. But for Deaf people, it can often be hard to find a venue, where they feel comfortable and are able to communicate. Now all of that is changing, with a new venue dedicated to their specific needs. Although they play music here at the "Deaf Lounge," in the Tottenham district of London.

Deaf Lounge was set up for the deaf and hearing community, to socialise, meet and group here, to make new friends with no barriers. By three friends BSL (British Sign Language) Paul Cripps (has been Deaf all of his life), Domani Peiris and Ryan Groves. SOURCE



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Clubbers Really Feel The Beat At The 'Deaf Lounge'

Clubbers Really Feel The Beat At The 'Deaf Lounge'

VIDEO - A bar for Deaf people has opened in London, UK! Clubbers really feel the beat at the 'Deaf Lounge'



LONDON - This is a night club with a difference. Although they play music here at the "Deaf Lounge," in the Tottenham district of London, not everyone can hear it. Some of those making shapes on the dance floor are feeling the beat purely through vibrations. This is thought to be the first club of its kind in the British capital for Deaf people.



The bar staff are Deaf and can sign, there is a Deaf security guard, a hard of hearing DJ, there are bright lights at the bar with pens & paper, the fire alarm has a flashing light, the signs are in BSL & English.

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Deaf Patient Denied Interpreter By Scottish Hospital

Deaf patient left unable to communicate with hospital staff for 12 days after staff failed to provide sign language expert.



DUNDEE - A Deaf patient was left isolated and unable to communicate for 12 days in Ninewells Hospital because of a failure to provide her with access to a sign language interpreter, according to a report by Scotland’s public services watchdog.



The female patient who had been admitted to Dundee’s Ninewells Hospital for surgery to have her appendix removed had a very limited lip reading ability and did not have a good understanding of written English.



And it was “impossible to say” with any certainty whether the deaf patient had given informed consent for the surgery,



Jim Martin, the Scottish public services ombudsman, has ruled that NHS Tayside failed to adhere to the board’s informed consent policy and found that the failure to obtain a sign language interpreter for the patient was “unacceptable”.



He states in his report that a complaint had been raised on behalf of the patient, known as Ms A, that the board failed to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter during her 12-day stay at Ninewells where she had been admitted for surgery to remove her appendix.



Ms A was a BSL user with very limited lip-reading ability. She did not use verbal communication and did not have a good understanding of written English.



Mr Martin states: “Although hospital staff took steps to try to communicate with Ms A, at no point did they provide an interpreter. This was despite Ms A repeatedly pointing to a poster on the wall, which was for interpreter services, and handing staff a BSL interpreter’s card on two separate occasions.”



He continues: “In the course of my investigation I took independent advice from my equality and diversity adviser and a medical adviser. The equality adviser said that staff had not taken reasonable and appropriate steps to obtain a BSL interpreter for Ms A in line with their legal duty to do so under section 20 of the Equality Act 2010. She said that once they had been alerted to Ms A’s need for a BSL interpreter, a clear plan should have been drawn up to try to coordinate the availability of doctors and others communicating with Ms A and a BSL interpreter, sufficiently trained to be able to communicate complex medical issues.” ...READ MORE: http://www.scotsman.com/news/health/deaf-patient-denied-interpreter-by-dundee-hospital-1-2862772



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The Importance of BSL Act For Deaf Education

VIDEO: The Importance of BSL Act For Deaf Education.



BSL translation of paragraph-by-clip of the Innocents of Oppression blog post to mark the 10th anniversary of the "official" recognition of British Sign Language today (18th March 2013).

No subtitles, but the full text is on the blog. http://www.innocentsofoppression.com



The recognition of British Sign Language: 10th Anniversary Celebration: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/education/newsandevents/events?id=18213



Legal recognition of sign languages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_recognition_of_sign_languages

Deaf Stockton Chef To Present New TV Show Punk Chef

A STOCKTON chef is sharing his expertise in a new TV show helping people who are Deaf improve their cooking skills. Dad-of-one Scott Garthwaite, who is Deaf, will present Punk Chef, starting on Film4 next month.

The former Beverley School pupil said: “What the Deaf community are very passionate about are programmes that feature Deaf people.



“They also appreciate programmes that include sign language and will hopefully see someone like myself as a role model.”



Hartlepool-born Scott, who lives in Stockton with fiancee Jessica and their son Rocco, four months, qualified as a chef in 2011 after study professional culinary art and patisserie at Newcastle College in partnership with Leeds Metropolis University.



He was asked to front the TV show after starting up cookery blogs spotted by London-based Deaf-run production company Remark!



“They see me as the perfect person to front Punk Chef due to my unique character - I have a pink and black Mohawk which I have had for years,” he said.



The 32-year-old proved a big hit with executives at sign language broadcasting organisation BSLBT when the programme was trialled on Sky and Virgin Media last year. He has since been working on the new series. ... Read more: http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/2013/02/20/deaf-stockton-chef-to-present-new-tv-show-punk-chef-84229-32844031/



The pilot of Punk Chef can be viewed at www.bslzone.co.uk. The first episode of the new series will be shown on March 4 at 8am on Film4.