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ASL Resources For Beginners~

This is for a friend of mine who's asking for some good resources to start learning ASL!

ASL, which stands for American Sign Language, is a beautiful and complex visual language used primarily by Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HOH) people.

As a HOH person myself, I was never given the opportunity to learn ASL and I think it would have been very useful to me growing up if it had been offered to me. The last year and a half, I've been learning it to change that! Here's a series of resources I've used that I've found very helpful in learning ASL!

Alphabet (Slow): YouTube Video that goes through the Alphabet slowly multiple times. I found this video very useful to easily memorize the full alphabet (with practice for a week or so afterwards)! Even though it's catered for kids, I still find it very useful!

ASL Numbers 1-100: A YouTube playlist of multiple videos that teaches you ASL numbers 1-100. If you want a single video that goes through the entire 1-100 numbering, click here. Even though it's catered for kids, I still find it very useful!

The ASL App: A learning app for ASL that you can download on your phone or other electronic device. It has 387 free short videos for beginners in ASL, and 1,633 more short videos with their $10 membership (1 time buy, not monthly). It's a great beginner app, with or without the membership!

20 Beginner Phrases: Here's a video that has a lot of good basic phrases to learn! It teaches you things such as: "Hello" "I'm learning Sign Language" "My name is..." And many more!

ASL 1 Lessons by Bill Vicars: A playlist of YouTube video lessons taught through sign! I would recommend checking these out once you have a bit more of a foundation in vocabulary!

DOs and DONTs of interacting with the Deaf Community: A good video explaining some of the ways you should and shouldn't interact with the Deaf Community when learning or using Sign Language

HandSpeak ASL Dictionary: This is a great database where you can look up how to sign various words!

ASL Fingerspelling Receptive Practice: This website provides a series of short videos of fingerspelled words that you then type out to see if you interpreted it correctly. Its great visual practice! Fingerspelling is an important skill in ASL so I highly recommend practicing as much as possible!

American Sign Language (ASL) Masterlist: A useful Tumblr masterlist with an extensive amount of links for multiple different needs, such as resources, linguistics, and ASL/Deaf websites with videos, news, vlogs, etc.

'ASL Basics' Lessons by Chris Gorges: A playlist of YouTube basics and helpful tips. He gives clear explanations for a series of different concepts, and they really help to build your vocabulary and understanding!

I hope some of you find these resources helpful! Don't forget that one of the best ways to learn sign language is by practicing with other people, ESPECIALLY with someone who's deaf! I might add to this as I find more resources and links that I think would be beneficial! Thanks for reading!💜

>listening to nin

>hear a new layer to song ive relistened to over and over

>"wow i cant believe i never noticed this before! i wonder what kind of synth he used. its very forboding in a specific way only nin can achieve"

>pause song to write post praising nin

>the synth specifically keeps playing despite the rest of the song being paused

>look outside window

>garbage truck

You know how cats slow blink to say "I love you"?

It is so hard going out in public sometimes. As someone who’s pretty visibly disabled it’s hard.

The constant staring, people laughing, people pointing at you. It’s annoying. It’s frustrating. It makes me hate the word sometimes.

Went out today to get milkshakes with my family and I saw some guys in leather jackets, they looked so cool but they immediately started staring at me and I could just feel the judgement from them. Later on I was waiting for my milkshake and was staring to the side, not staring at anyone in particular, just staring at nothing. This group of girls walked by. One of the girls cleared her throat loudly and said “stop staring at us! God.” I just felt so embarrassed. I wasn’t even staring at them.

I did nothing wrong to deserve treatment like this. It’s just existing that seems to make people uncomfortable. This isn’t the first time I’ve had similar experiences, and it probably won’t be the last. It just really is terrible that people can’t just mind their own business and go on with their day. There’s no reason to be rude to disabled people.

Im so unmotivated to go to classes this week bc I’m nesting but can’t nest. What is going on??? I need to bring more blankets next semester

So apparently the pro-Tetris scene is exploding right now because a 13 year old nerd just reached the game's true killscreen for the first time ever

my tail is simply too small :<

don't flirt with me, my tail knocks stuff off the table when i get excited

SPECIFIC SUBVOCAL FLAGS: based on this (link) flag and definition. intended to be used by misceanimalis who exhibit specific subvocal sounds, but use as you please

growl | purr | trill squeak | chirp | hiss yip | bark | meow

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@sammyplaz

More miscecuniculus [bunny (❁´◡`❁)] things!

Nesting and then just. Flop. Flop into nest. Cozy. Yes. This is the life.

Furthermore: flopping on your mate. Especially a Beta/Omega on their Alpha

Doing a binky (jump and spin) seeing your mate, or even getting a whiff of their scent

Grunting and groaning when anyone messes with their den/nest. Maybe even nipping at them. We're so particular about our safe spaces!!

Oral. Fixation. Sorry if you're a bunny this is the reality I don't make the rules

Crunchy food >>>> soft foods

Running circles around your mate! I love you I love you I love you!! Let me nuzzle you!

Nipping on your mate's sleeve to get their attention. Bonus points if it's just dragging your mate to snuggle in your nest.

So many chewy toys

Nose! Bonks! 💕

The absolute trust,,, when an alpha bunny asks you to preen them,,, and going crazy. Spa day hehe

I'm guilty of this: lil licks. Let me just. Love you. Boop your nose n lick

Reblog to give the person you reblogged this from motivation to work on their WIPs.