..........................ABC

ASL Animated Video

2010-12-16T18:39:00.001-05:00

ASL Laughs: "The Shoebox"

2010-02-09T16:49:00.001-05:00

ASL Laughs: "Misunderstood Lipreading"

2010-01-12T11:14:00.001-05:00

ASL Laughs: "The Secret of Magic"

2009-12-18T17:34:00.001-05:00

The Secret of Magic

Purdue University Students Need Your Help!

2009-11-29T21:35:00.002-05:00

http://cgtmm2.tech.purdue.edu/356/cerhodes/411test/index.php

My Son Needs Your HELP! Thank you!!

2009-11-22T23:51:00.003-05:00

We are a group of Purdue researchers in 3D animation and ASL. We have recently developed a 3D animation-based software tool (the ASL system- Animation Speaks Louder) that allows educators of the Deaf to add sign language translation, in the form of 3D character animations, to digital media.

In order for the potential of this system to be realized, it must move from laboratory development and testing to field testing and use. We need your help! Please take some time to experiment with the software and let us know what you think.

1. Go to this page http://idealab.tech.purdue.edu/ASL/tutorial/asl_tutorial.htm and follow the instructions that explain how to download and install the software on your computer

2.Read the instructions on how to use the software and watch the tutorial video

3. Follow the steps outlined here http://idealab.tech.purdue.edu/ASL/instructions/instructions.htm and try to accomplish all the tasks

4. Go to this web site http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=LCJKH_c407e2fc and fill out the survey.

Thank you for participating in this study, your input is fundamental to the success of this project.

Nicoletta Adamo-Villani
Purdue University
Associate Professor of Computer Graphics Technology
University Faculty Scholar
Co-Director of the IDEAlaboratory
765-496-1297
nadamovi@purdue.edu
www.idealaboratory.org

DEAF KISS-FIST FULL MOON WHY?

2009-10-31T21:20:00.002-04:00

ASL Laughs: "Success"

2009-10-03T10:45:00.000-04:00

ASL Laughs: "The One-Handed Deaf Man"

2009-09-18T18:01:00.000-04:00

ASL Laughs: "The Ice Cream"

2009-09-07T18:18:00.001-04:00

Our CODA Son is on TV Show!

2009-08-27T21:13:00.004-04:00

Need help with translation. What did the weatherman say?

For Hearing Parents of Deaf Children

2009-08-25T13:30:00.002-04:00

A poem, "Thoughts of a Deaf Child" was written by Stephen Bellitz, published in the Florida School Herald.

ASL Laughs: "The Priest"

2009-08-17T12:13:00.001-04:00

an old ASL story

ASL Laughs: "Timber" (new version)

2009-08-08T11:19:00.001-04:00

new version of this story, "Timber"

Who Will You Choose?

2009-07-27T18:51:00.001-04:00

ASL Laughs: "Birds on Telephone Line"

2009-07-25T19:38:00.001-04:00

One way to identify a hearing or deaf caller.

ASL Laughs: "The Three Wishes"

2009-07-22T15:13:00.002-04:00

The genie gave a Deaf woman her 3 wishes.

ASL Laughs: "The 2 Elders"

2009-07-20T21:07:00.002-04:00

The elders shared their feeling about them being 83 years old.

JohnABC & LoraJill's Special Vlog Show

2009-07-01T12:36:00.002-04:00

An entertainment vlog for the DCARA's B/Vlog Symposium: Wine & Cheese Fundraiser 2009. Please view Part 1 & 2 because YouTube can only allow a 10-minute video and our video-clip was too long!

Part 1:

Part 2:

Gina's Poker Run

2009-04-13T21:54:00.004-04:00

Join us on Sunday, May 3rd for the 5th annual Poker Run!

ASL Laughs: "American Joke"

2009-04-07T09:55:00.001-04:00

Got this joke from a Deaf foreigner.

ASL Laughs: "The 3 Deaf Astronauts"

2009-04-02T08:29:00.002-04:00

The 3 Deaf astronauts stay in space for 10 years.....

WE SKYDIVED!!

2009-03-29T16:44:00.002-04:00

JohnABC, Jill and CODA son Johnnie skydived!!

Need Your Help!

2009-02-04T21:01:00.005-05:00

Go to this link: http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~mpetkov/survey.html . My son whom is a student at Purdue University is working on a project. He needs your help and feedback on the computer animation with ASL. He needs your opinion if the signing looks "real" or not.

ASL Laughs: "American VS German"

2009-02-03T08:34:00.003-05:00

An American Deaf man met 3 Deaf Germans at the bar.

We are Deaf: One and Many!

2009-01-22T18:06:00.001-05:00

ASL Laughs: "Who is Really Deaf?"

2009-01-21T14:24:00.001-05:00

The husband saw the doctor about his wife's hearing problem.

A Surprise Message for JohnABC from CODA son!

2009-01-19T11:35:00.001-05:00

JohnABC's son took skydiving and signed something special in ASL for his father's birthday, ha!

Children are watching DVTV & DR

2009-01-16T13:49:00.001-05:00

JohnABC reminds us, vloggers & commenters, that we are role models.

ASL Laughs: "The Western Story"

2009-01-11T09:54:00.003-05:00

Cowboy and Indians

ASL Laughs: "Deaf Grenade"

2008-12-24T19:14:00.001-05:00

Deaf is good at throwing grenades.

ASL Laughs: "ASL is the Answer"

2008-12-12T11:17:00.001-05:00

Deaf couple gave birth to a baby.

ASL Laughs: "Pilot's Air Mask"

2008-12-07T11:56:00.002-05:00

A little boy finds a pilot's air mask on the street.

ASL Laughs: "WHAT THAT?!"

2008-10-06T14:11:00.001-04:00

A strange object that no one can figure it out.

ASL Laughs: "Hearing Aids"

2008-09-18T09:23:00.002-04:00

Hearing aids isn't allow during the haircut.

DBC - Awesome!

2008-07-18T21:39:00.002-04:00

JohnABC shared his experience at the DBC conference in Milwaukee.

What's up with JohnABC?

2008-05-14T13:00:00.001-04:00

ABC

ASL Laughs: "Little Red Riding Hood"

2008-05-01T07:56:00.000-04:00

a twisted story

ASL Laughs: "Gina's Motorcycle"

2008-04-09T19:34:00.002-04:00

In memory of Gina Coleman.

ASL Laughs: "Forgot My Hearing Aid"

2008-03-30T19:59:00.001-04:00

Funny one!

ASL Laughs: "Seeing Eye Dog" (true story)

2008-03-10T11:01:00.002-04:00

Good one!

ASL Laughs: "A Deaf Lady Was Pulled Over By Police"

2008-03-02T09:45:00.001-05:00

Another funny Deaf story

ASL Laughs: "No Hear, No Smell"

2008-02-23T12:15:00.002-05:00

The doctor solves old man's problem.

ASL Laughs: "Hearing Aid Changes His Living Will"

2008-02-19T11:21:00.002-05:00

New hearing aid makes him changes his living will several times!

ASL Laughs: "True DeafRead Fan!"

2008-02-10T13:06:00.000-05:00

Enjoy this!

Message for DeafRead Bloggers, Vloggers, Readers, Viewers, and Berdy Brothers

2008-02-03T09:53:00.000-05:00

JohnABC thanks you all!!

More Story about Deaf during Civil War

2008-01-31T16:05:00.000-05:00

.....................Click below:.....................

Deaf Soldiers

2008-01-30T10:49:00.000-05:00

True story??

ASL Laughs: "Car VS Bicycle"

2008-01-24T14:46:00.000-05:00

The number one JohnABC joke! He has been saving this one up and decided to use it now! It is a HILARIOUS race between a bicycler and a car driver, all in ASL! Who do you think will win?

ASL Laughs: "Who Won the Boat Race?"

2008-01-14T19:52:00.000-05:00

Who won: Hearing or Cochlear Implant or Deaf oarsmen?

ASL Laughs: "Elevator"

2008-01-08T11:16:00.000-05:00

Deaf man inside the elevator

Cued Speech, Cochlear Implants, and ASL - “Before and After”

2008-01-06T13:56:00.000-05:00

JohnABC compared Cued Speech, Cochlear Implants, and ASL with the “before and after” a particular accident.

Guinness Book of World Records for Deaf?

2008-01-02T23:28:00.000-05:00

True story!

JohnABC's Surprise!

2007-12-28T17:12:00.000-05:00

surprise!

ASL Laughs: "Deficit Thinking"

2007-12-18T23:53:00.000-05:00

Enjoy this!

ASL Laughs: "Lights Out"

2007-12-13T10:01:00.000-05:00

funny Deaf joke

ASL Laughs: "In My Country, There Are Plenty of ......"

2007-12-09T14:39:00.000-05:00

Deaf, Russia, and Cuba (funny ASL story)

Happy Holidays!

2007-12-09T11:36:00.001-05:00

Happy Holidays!

TTY

2007-12-06T20:10:00.000-05:00

still use tty or not?

ASL Laughs: "Misunderstanding"

2007-12-03T23:28:00.000-05:00

funny story

"New" Rally Signs for Indiana DBC

2007-11-29T19:14:00.000-05:00

more signs, smile!

"Message for Rally Supporters of Indiana DBC"

2007-11-29T00:58:00.001-05:00

This is a video message for those who will attend and support Indiana Deaf Bilingual Coalition Rally at Purdue University this weekend, Nov 30th - Dec 1st.

Hi, I'm here to keep communication open with you all. This message is for those rally supporters who are thinking about going to Purdue University for the Indiana DBC rally this Friday and Saturday. I want to share with you all that I have been in communication with the police. The police have shared their communication with me regarding the planned rally. I want to share what was communicated to me to make sure we are all on the same page so that there will not be any misunderstandings. Purdue itself is a public university and Stewart Center, where we will go for the rally, is also a public place. We can enter the building, we can be in the hallway, we can mingle in the lobby and we also can be on the sidewalk outside of the building. What is important is that we do not block the doors to the building, we have to let people walk in and out of the door freely. We cannot block the hallway, we have to let the people walk freely in the halls. We cannot go near where the registration table for "Hear Indiana Conference", we need to stay back from that area. Also Purdue has other activities and events on campus where students coagulate, we cannot disrupt these events and activities on campus. We need to respect these activities and events occurring on campus.

Remember our purpose to go to the rally is to support ASL for Deaf babies. We are not there to protest or complain. For those of you who will go to the rally, please be friendly, smile, stay positive, keep the peace and be respectful to everyone. I want to mention a word often mentioned in statements by some people which have labeled us as "protestors", I want to be clear in informing the public that we are not protestors. We are supporters.

DBC, Deaf Bilingual Coalition, has a purpose and that is to inform, educate, and raise public awareness. ASL is truly important. ASL improves education and literacy for all deaf babies and children. DBC wants to make sure that families who have deaf children and babies are able to succeed and grow. It is true that ASL provides the best guarantee of good education, literacy and happiness for all families, deaf babies and children.

The goal for us at the rally is to keep an open dialogue and to give support to families that have deaf children and babies. We want to raise awareness about AGB's oral training method which is called AVT, Auditory Verbal Training, AGB's principles which is outlined in their website, #3 which states that "families should train and not use sign language or lipreading..." and #5 and #6 which states "families should use listening skills at all times in their child's life....". Also AGB provides assistance by giving funds to families who files a lawsuit against schools that promote ASL education. It's called "Children Legal Advocacy Program". DBC does not agree with AGB's approach.

The BEST guarantee for deaf babies to succeed and improve their literacy skills, education, English skills, learning other languages, speech, family relations, etc. is ASL.

DBC is concerned that AGB has labeled us as "hearing loss" which causes nothing but stigma and negative view of us which prevents people from embracing deaf babies. DBC hopes that AGB will understand our concern, be more aware of, and embrace deaf babies so that families can grow, succeed and be happy.

Babies between the age of 0-5 years old are in the most critical period for language learning. ASL is guaranteed, 100%, for access to success!

DBC does not agree with AGB's "one way approach" which rejects ASL.

As most of you are aware, hearing parents are teaching their hearing babies, "Baby Signs". Research have shown that those babies have improved their English development, which shows that ASL is important and critical for deaf babies as well.

DBC is interested in the deaf child's "whole, healthy family approach".

So, the purpose for us to attend the rally is to make sure there is open dialogue to show the truth. The truth is that ASL is definitely "Success for Life".

Thank you.

Rally Signs for Indiana DBC

2007-11-28T20:22:00.000-05:00

Here you will see different signs used at the Indiana Deaf Bilingual Coalition Rally this weekend.

More Info RE: DBC of Indiana Rally

2007-11-27T01:42:00.001-05:00

Here you will find information regarding the directions to Purdue University, the meeting place and rally schedule for Friday and Saturday from 10am - 4pm.

Deaf Bilingual Coalition Indiana Rally at Purdue University

2007-11-24T22:12:00.000-05:00

Join this very important rally in support of ASL acquisition for Deaf Babies and Children outside of "The Indiana Conference on Listening and Spoken Language" at PU on Friday & Saturday, Nov. 30 - Dec 1, from 10am - 4pm.

Why? Deaf Infants and Children are being denied access to ASL at an alarming rate. Alexander Graham Bell Organization supports Auditory Verbal Therapy Programs all around the USA promoting listening and speech without the use of sign language. Please go to this link (copy and paste) and view the video:

http://deafprogressivism.blogspot.com/2007/07/it-is-no-crying-shame-to-be-in-protest.html

Where: Purdue University, Stewart Center West (adjacent to Grant Street Garage)
http://www.purdue.edu/parking/pdf/Parking_Map_05.pdf (copy and paste to view this link)

Meet at the Indianapolis Deaf Club at 8:30am on Friday and Saturday mornings or at Purdue in front of Stewart Center West at 10:00am.

Contact Person: Beatrice Pfaff at bmpfaff@tmail.com (Please contact Bea to let her know you will be joining this rally and for more details.)

More information on DBC is available at this website: http://deafbilingualcoalition.com/ (copy and paste to view this link)

ASL Laughs: "Can't Hear, No Voice, and Trouble"

2007-11-24T19:13:00.000-05:00

Funny ASL story

Our KODA's Mischief

2007-11-16T23:22:00.000-05:00

An ASL story about our mischievous sons when they were very young.

ASL Laughs: "Hunting"

2007-11-14T15:58:00.000-05:00

an ASL story

Response to CODA Brothers and COHA Brother "Church"

2007-11-12T12:20:00.002-05:00

something funny from our KODA sons at chruch!

CLICK HERE (Response from my wife, Jill)

CODA BROTHERS

COHA BROTHER

ASL Laughs: "Train"

2007-11-08T15:44:00.000-05:00

old deaf story

In the Spirit of Colts!

2007-11-02T11:20:00.000-04:00

We were possessed by the Colts!

ASL Laughs: "FUNNY ZERO!"

2007-11-01T20:55:00.000-04:00

An ASL story about how the Deaf man told the doctor, "FUNNY ZERO!"

ASL Laughs: "Magic for the Disabled"

2007-10-30T08:49:00.000-04:00

No offense but it's funny!

ASL Laughs: "The Deaf Outsmarted the Hearing"

2007-10-28T19:39:00.000-04:00

A funny ASL story about how the hearing was outsmarted by the Deaf.

ASL Laughs: "Soap"

2007-10-12T20:55:00.000-04:00

A comparison of Deaf and hearing kids in discipline for swearing.

ASL Laughs: "Deaf Kiss-Fist Anything Free"

2007-10-10T20:08:00.000-04:00

An ASL Folklore Revamped!

Response to NightOwl's Nest

2007-08-17T18:05:00.000-04:00

Do we still do this these days?

ASL Laughs: "The Deaf Driver and the Police"

2007-08-01T10:21:00.000-04:00

An ASL folklore revamped!

Not My Comment but I'm Still ABC!

2007-07-29T20:30:00.000-04:00

This is a response to ASLisRisen.

For Hearing Parents who are not Pro-ASL: Powerful Poem: "Thoughts of a Deaf Child"

2007-07-25T18:34:00.000-04:00

Click the poem to enlarge

JohnABC's Pearly White Teeth is a FAKE!!

2007-07-18T11:00:00.000-04:00

This is a response to commenters and my personal emails regarding my pearly teeth.

ASL Laughs: "The 3 Scribes"

2007-07-17T14:13:00.000-04:00

An ASL Folklore Revamped!

ASL Laughs: "The Identification of Feces"

2007-07-16T09:48:00.000-04:00

An ASL Folklore Revamped!

ASL Laughs: "How the Deaf Find Their Homes"

2007-07-14T10:23:00.000-04:00

An ASL Folklore Revamped!

ASL Laughs: "Timber"

2007-07-11T18:56:00.000-04:00

An ASL Folklore!

ASL Laughs: "The Candle"

2007-07-05T10:30:00.002-04:00

An ASL Folklore: an old tale in which people with
these deformed mouths are blowing on a candle.

"Name Call"

2007-06-05T15:32:00.001-04:00

** More video clip on Hoosier Deaf Bikers (44 Hoosier Deaf Bikers raised and donated money for Deaf children at the Indiana School for the Deaf.) **

"Toys for Deaf Tots"

2007-06-05T13:46:00.001-04:00

ABC - Why??

2007-06-04T18:36:00.002-04:00

Looking Back Part 3

2007-05-31T03:20:00.001-04:00

Another way to approach server at restaurants

2007-05-17T15:45:00.001-04:00

Worst ASL Vlog!

2007-05-12T10:09:00.001-04:00

ASL Laughs: "The DeafRead Addiction"

2007-05-04T22:50:00.001-04:00

ASL Laughs: "Toliet Paper" (PG-13)

2007-05-01T21:20:00.001-04:00

DeafRead as the Best Assignment for ASL Classes

2007-05-01T20:38:00.001-04:00

"Positive Commenters Bring Deaf Unity"

2007-04-25T09:47:00.001-04:00

ASL Laughs: "The Cheapest Way to Get a Cochlear Implant"

2007-04-23T11:05:00.001-04:00

"Having an Interpreter is Advantageous"

2007-04-21T09:25:00.001-04:00

This is in response to Joey Baer's "What will you do?" and Seek Geo's request of ABC's joke!

My Life with My Hearing Parents

2007-04-19T10:46:00.002-04:00

Does ADA prevent the Deaf from getting a job?

2007-04-16T09:40:00.001-04:00