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Super powers Sign Language -> communicate with someone in a noisy room (across the room even) Braille -> A friend of mine learned braille so he could "read" b
by dnndev 6y ago
Super powers
Sign Language -> communicate with someone in a noisy room (across the room even)
Braille -> A friend of mine learned braille so he could "read" books after his parents said lights out. What a rebel.
- medstrom 6y agoA risky habit: signing with other deaf drivers on the motorway. I've done it...
- harrierpigeon 6y agoI've seen people doing that on the highway, too! It appears to generally be one gesture, and occasionally the horn is used for greater emphasis.
- gugagore 6y agoTo the extent that these are related, it's because of disability. Braille is just a writing system. Signed languages are generally not.
- jfk13 6y agoIsn't that what flashlights are for?
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoWay easier to hide. If you were brave enough, you could literally read braille under the covers with your eyes closed while your parent had their head stuck through the door to check on you.
- myself248 6y agoYes, super powers! I went to a high school where the drama department did at least one play a year in ASL. Brought in instructors from the local deaf community, and all the drama kids learned it. This was also business genius, because it basically guaranteed ticket sales. A huge number of deaf people in the area would show up for every such play, year after year. Even parents with kids at the school generally stop coming to plays after their kids graduate, but this audience was loyal on the scale of decades. It also meant that a significant chunk of the student body was now able to communicate in/across a noisy room. During assemblies and stuff, you'd see a dozen conversations in progress, not making a sound. Or, communicate near-silently. Clothes rustle and certain signs involve patting, but neither of those sticks out the way voices do. Coordinating a prank behind the teacher's back....
- thepete2 6y agogod this sounds awesome
- triceratops 6y agoBraille books are quite expensive though, aren't they? Did they already have braille books around the house for someone else?
- teddyh 6y agoThey might have checked them out from a public library.