As part of our new summer series, be prepared to learn how to engage your Deaf customers and provide customer service using sign language. Customer Service for Deaf customers We all know Seattle is a great place to play, but it’s also a great place to work. If you’re in […]
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Join Us At The ASL Lounge Saturday June 27
Seattle Capitol Hill Pride Festival! This year, we are happy to announce that we will be setting up a booth at the Capitol Hill Pride Festival! We will be there all day on Saturday, June 27th, to support both the DeafQueer and signing community in Seattle. Our booth with be […]
What is ASL?
American Sign Language is just that: a language. ASL has grammatical features completely different than that of English! For example: ASL relies heavily on facial expression to indicate sentence structure, sentence type, and even specific words. Body movement is instrumental to the understanding of storytelling. There are a multitude of […]
Things Deaf People Are Sick of Hearing: “My sign is rusty.”
Maybe you learned ASL years ago and haven’t used it much since, or maybe you are just getting back into classes. You haven’t signed for a year or two, so you’re worried that your signing skills are “a little rusty.” Good news! Sign language doesn’t rust or dissolve! You will […]
Things Deaf People are Sick of Hearing: “Where is your accent from?”
Some deaf people choose to speak, some choose to sign, and some will do both! If a deaf person chooses to use their voice to communicate, they may have a deaf accent. Why is this? Well, imagine how difficult it would be to learn how to speak without being able […]
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