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American Sign Language Duet: The change starts with us – educate, listen, empower

Discrimination happens all around us. Most of the time, we are unaware of unjust or prejudiced treatments because we do not personally experience them, but it still exists.  Many of you are familiar with discrimination based on race, age and sex, but there are other types of discrimination. One is audism.  In his 1975 doctoral...

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ASL Duet: Controversy of oralism versus manualism

When I was in kindergarten, my teacher taught American Sign Language to the class, and I thought it was the coolest thing in the world. My playmates and I would sign to each other, and I remember feeling like a part of a remarkable community.  Once I entered primary school in a different district, though,...

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