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  2. List of disability-related terms with negative connotations

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    Some people consider it best to use person-first language, for example "a person with a disability" rather than "a disabled person." [1] However identity-first language, as in "autistic person" or "deaf person", is preferred by many people and organizations. [2] Language can influence individuals' perception of disabled people and disability. [3]

  3. Idioms in American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    "I-I-I", the letter, not "me", signed repeatedly with alternating hands on the chest is an idiom that is translated into the English word egotistical. [4] However, even examples like "Cow-it" and "I-I-I" remain controversial. There is ambiguity in defining and identifying idioms in American Sign Language as little is known of ASL's use of idioms.

  4. American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    LOVE CHILD FATHER LOVE CHILD "The father loves the child." However, other word orders may also occur since ASL allows the topic of a sentence to be moved to sentence-initial position, a phenomenon known as topicalization. In object–subject–verb (OSV) sentences, the object is topicalized, marked by a forward head-tilt and a pause: CHILD topic, FATHER LOVE CHILD topic, FATHER LOVE "The ...

  5. 7 Facebook-friendly words that make you sound so ... - AOL

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    It's hard to know where Facebook ends and real life begins. It might seem okay on social media, that doesn't mean it's okay in business. 7 Facebook-friendly words that make you sound so unprofessional

  6. Singing and Signing: How Music and ASL Live Side by ... - AOL

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    Writer-director Siân Heder makes it very clear she knew the double meaning of “CODA,” the title of her new Apple TV Plus film, an acronym for Child of Deaf Adults. It’s used to describe the ...

  7. Super Smart Corgi Manages to Learn All Her Favorite ASL Words

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    Related: Corgi's Funny Way of Trying to Get Work-at-Home Dad to Play Is Totally Precious Eowyn knows the sign words for dinner and ball and her reactions are just everything.

  8. Augmentative and alternative communication - Wikipedia

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    The facilitator guides the disabled person's arm or hand and attempts to help them type on a keyboard or other device. [193] While advocates of the technique claim that it can help disabled people communicate, research indicates that the facilitator is the source of the messages obtained through FC, rather than the disabled person.

  9. ASLwrite - Wikipedia

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    It was created to be an open-source, continuously developing orthography for American Sign Language (ASL), trying to capture the nuances of ASL's features. ASLwrite is only used by a handful of people, primarily revolving around discussions happening on Facebook [ 2 ] and, previously, Google Groups. [ 3 ]