The Canadian Deaf community is overjoyed with the milestone of BIll C-81 passing into law on June 24th 2019. Canada now recognizes ASL, LSQ, and Indigenous Sign Languages as the primary languages of Deaf people.
https://www.dailymoth.com/blog/canada-grants-royal-assent-to-bill-c-81-recognizing-asl-lsq-and-isl
To appreciate why this matters so much, one needs to be aware of Language Deprivation Syndrome and its impact on the Deaf community. Deaf babies that are not given access to a signed language are missing out on a critical time period for language development and eventually become Deaf adults that struggle to communicate beyond concrete concepts. Deaf babies that are given access to a signed language grow up to be Deaf adults that can communicate complex and abstract concepts.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8yy_K6VtHJw
The Canadian government recognizing signed languages as primary language for Deaf people a huge step in the right direction! This means greater demand for ASL classes in the foreseeable future. I hope to be part of the process making those ASL classes readily available and accessible to anybody wanting to learn. We need more ASL teachers to meet this demand for ASL classes. I’m thinking about what my part could be in creating more ASL teachers.. I’m sure I’ll be writing more about this later.
Have a great long weekend - Happy Canada Day ! Adrian
P.S For those who are interested in knowing how to sign “trend” in ASL... there’s a few ways to do it!
https://www.handspeak.com/word/search/index.php?id=7078
Sunday, June 30, 2019
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