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Alone we can't do much. But, together we can change the world. - Bill Austin, Founder Alone we can't do much. But, together we can change the world. - Bill Austin, Founder Alone we can't do much. But, together we can change the world. - Bill Austin, Founder Alone we can't do much.

This is a site about Mexican Sports Organizations for the Deaf. It is a site where the Deaf of Mexico can easily find resources for schools and sports/sporting events, as well as communicate to one another about these things. The site is in Spanish, but I know with Google Chrome there is the option to translate it into English.

Publications /BATOD On-line Magazine /Models of Deaf Education around the world /How Russia deals with deaf childrenHow Russia deals with deaf children Anna Komarova and Michael Pursglove Deaf education in Russia goes back to 1806 when the first school for the deaf was opened at Pavlovsk near St Petersburg.

In terms of an established deaf community, one of the brightest spots on the African continent is South Africa. South Africa's deaf community is well-established and even has something that we lack in the United States. One web source said that in 1998 there were at least four million deaf and hard of hearing people in South Africa.

This software is a BSL Finger Spelling simulator that will fingerspell any word that you type into it. This piece of software is an excellent and fun way of learning to fingerspell, to improve your receptive skills, or as a teaching resource using the two handed manual alphabet.

The Irish Deaf Society is the largest Deaf-led organisation in Ireland working with both the Deaf and hard of hearing community. Our work focuses on issues such as achieving equality and access for Deaf people. Irish Sign Language (ISL) is the language of the Deaf community in Ireland.

Language, Culture and Pride

Not sure if this is accurate CSL, but it's the one video I've found where CSL is incorporated in pop music.

Here are a few fingerspelling systems.

According to this article "LANCASTER - Nina Coyer never thought she'd see herself anywhere near Russia, especially twice in two years. Due to her involvement with Hands of Hope, a charitable social service organization, she knows she will be returning."

Here is a link to the history of Chinese Sign Language. "Chinese Sign Language (CSL) has been developing mostly since the late 1950's and its signs are like written Chinese characters."

Pretty cool information on deaf culture in Ireland! Getting us in the spirit for St. Patricks day :)

A deaf man by the name of Joel Barish travels to view the lives of deaf people all around the world.

This is website shows Mexican Sign Language. There is a youtube video that has a guy demonstrating some signs and there is a link above the video with a Mexican Sign Language dictionary. I thought it was really cool so check it out!

According to this site, worldwide, there around 20 million deaf children, 80% of whom live in developing countries. In India alone, there are 3 million deaf children. This org is an international development arm of the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS). This side provides info on their outreach in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. It's eye opening to read about deaf issues from an international perspective. Example: the UN's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Article 23 gives children with disabilities equal rights with respect to family life and states that children should not be separated from his or her parents on the basis of a disability. Interesting view into how other cultures approach deafness.

"The purpose of this Alliance is to establish and maintain a society of Deaf GLBT to encourage and promote the educational, economical, and social welfare; to foster fellowship; to defend our rights; and advance our interests as Deaf GLBT citizens concerning social justice; to build up an organization in which all worthy members may participate in the discussion of practical problems and solutions related to their social welfare. RAD has over fifteen chapters in the United States and Canada."

Every year they host a conference and a pageant (last year's being Wild Wild West themed). Fun!

That's very cool, Laurie - thanks for posting. When I lived in SF, we hosted the Deaf Lesbian Festival at the same time as Pride - and this year, it's in Chicago: http://www.deaflesbianfestival.org/chicago2012/welcome.html. Interesting to think about subgroups within subgroups within subgroups of people.... :)

If you like poems you should read my site which has really interesting poems written by the deaf. Here is something from the site that introduces the poems: "Listen carefully and you will hear the heart beat of the Deaf. You will gain access to their world and their understanding and culture. You are privileged to be allowed to glimpse inside their world. Handle it gently. Allow yourself to feel what they feel, to experience what they have experienced. Allow it to impact your heart and then to bond you with this world. If you do, you will be forever changed..."