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Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.00,0:00:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Were you just wondering "What are they saying?"?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.00,0:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, if you knew sign language, you would.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.00,0:00:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I think you should.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.00,0:00:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think everyone should learn sign language.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.00,0:00:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you should be taught as a baby,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.00,0:00:27.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in elementary school,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.00,0:00:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or as a second language.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.00,0:00:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was raised to deaf parents, and that's why
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.00,0:00:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've known sign language my whole life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.00,0:00:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And knowing sign language has really given me a gift.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.00,0:00:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sign language.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.00,0:00:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has really enriched my life in so many ways,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.00,0:00:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I fully believe that if everyone learned sign language,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.00,0:00:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we could all really enjoy the gems of knowing sign language,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.00,0:00:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what that has to offer.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.00,0:00:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I am, with my deaf mom,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.00,0:01:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's how I learned how to sign.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.00,0:01:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was 8 months old when I was signing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.00,0:01:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's right - 8 months old.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.00,0:01:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had communication going both ways.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.00,0:01:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You had to wait until you were about 1,5 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.00,0:01:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you couldn't physically produce the sounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.00,0:01:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Deaf people [have known] this for centuries.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.00,0:01:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were signing with their babies,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.00,0:01:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from 6, 8, or 10 months old, they would sign back.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.00,0:01:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The hearing community, nowadays, had said,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.00,0:01:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wait a minute, why do I have to wait
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.00,0:01:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until my baby's 1,5 or 2 years old
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.00,0:01:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before we can communicate?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.00,0:01:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So nowadays many hearing parents and teachers
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.00,0:01:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are using sign language to communicate with their children
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.00,0:01:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that they don't have to wait until they're talking.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.00,0:01:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're thinking, "Six months old? That's pretty young."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.00,0:01:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But think of that child that you've seen that goes like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.00,0:01:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are they saying? They're saying "I want to come to you."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.00,0:01:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's something that they've learned.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.00,0:01:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time you've said, "Come. Can I pick you up?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.00,0:01:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You do that over and over again.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.00,0:02:02.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's basically what signing with children is about.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.00,0:02:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you just take that one step further,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.00,0:02:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you learn a handful of signs and you use that throughout the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.00,0:02:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then they'll pick it up, just like they've picked up waving,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.00,0:02:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because that's what they do, right?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.00,0:02:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Around 10 months old, a child can wave?That's also something that they've learned.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.00,0:02:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I'd like to do is take you through the lifespan
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.00,0:02:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of one person and show you the many different ways
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.00,0:02:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how sign language can enhance your life,and how it can enhance
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.00,0:02:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a community as a whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.00,0:02:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Mikah, my son, and he's signing the sign for 'boat'.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.00,0:02:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's see what your life would have been like if you knew sign language as a baby.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.00,0:02:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you're maybe 10 months old and you point to the fruit bowl
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.00,0:02:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you sign the sign 'apple'.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.00,0:02:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your parents can just take the apple and give you that apple,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.00,0:03:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because what usually happens is you point to the fruit bowl
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.00,0:03:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and your mom's like, "Do you want the banana?" (Shrieks)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.00,0:03:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you want the cucumber?" (Shrieks)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.00,0:03:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're kind of like constantly going until you figure out which one it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.00,0:03:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With sign language, you just do the sign
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.00,0:03:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they can give you exactly what you want.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.00,0:03:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For parents, you really get to know what your child wants and is thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.00,0:03:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's the beauty of using sign language at such a young age.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.00,0:03:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parent: What is that?(Child names animals in Dutch and Dutch Sign Language)
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.00,0:03:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Child: Goat!Parent: Yeah, great! What does the goat do?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.00,0:03:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Girl singing: Playing is such fun, do you play with me?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.00,0:03:46.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cause playing is the best there isif there's two of you!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.00,0:03:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Playing with my teddy bear,reading a book,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.00,0:03:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Playing with my prettiest doll,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.00,0:03:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Playing is great!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.00,0:03:59.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a short example of how you can playfully use sign language
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.00,0:04:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the little ones,but you also saw elementary [school] age kids.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.00,0:04:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They also love signing. I was just at an
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.00,0:04:10.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,elementary school the other day, and I had 5- to 7-year-olds
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.00,0:04:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bombarding me with "What's the sign for 'apple'?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.00,0:04:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's the sign for 'more'?" "What's the sign for 'cake'?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.00,0:04:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they were eating it up. They could speak fully,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.00,0:04:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they are, to this day, I heard from the teacher,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.00,0:04:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,still signing every week.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.00,0:04:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's also, as a benefit of knowing both,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.00,0:04:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a spoken language and sign language,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.00,0:04:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that I can pick in whichever situation I want to use
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.00,0:04:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,either a spoken language or sign language.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.00,0:04:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In some cases, it's even great to use both spoken and sign language,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.00,0:04:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's what I'm also advocating for.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.00,0:04:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We already know that 92% of communication is non-verbal,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.00,0:04:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so why not take advantage of it?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.00,0:04:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now picture that you're in elementary school
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.00,0:04:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're going to learn about the water cycle of precipitation.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.00,0:05:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can learn this in words.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.00,0:05:06.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So your teacher would say, you know, "We have the water cycle. How does that work?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.00,0:05:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have bodies of water in the earth, and then that will
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.00,0:05:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,evaporate, and then it condenses, and then it precipitates
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.00,0:05:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back and then returns to the bodies of water."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:19.00,0:05:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you can use some signs.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.00,0:05:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can say, "You have a body of water, and then it evaporates,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.00,0:05:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then it condenses, and then it precipitates,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.00,0:05:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and returns back to the body of water."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.00,0:05:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you use both spoken language and the signs,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.00,0:05:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little more refined than our everyday gestures,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.00,0:05:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you really see that you can be much more clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.00,0:05:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other beauty of sign language for me
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.00,0:05:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that it is really poetry in motion.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.00,0:05:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sign language has some unique aspects.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.00,0:05:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, you can do a close-up,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.00,0:06:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can do a long shot,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.00,0:06:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can do different characters,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.00,0:06:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can also do slow motion, maybe you're in the car
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.00,0:06:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the landscape is just going by,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.00,0:06:16.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you in the train and it's going by really fast.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.00,0:06:19.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you tell a story, you can say it with words,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.00,0:06:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but if you add all these little gestures to it,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.00,0:06:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it makes it that much more interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.00,0:06:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have an example for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.00,0:06:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.00,0:07:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.00,0:07:09.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So as they say, French is the language of love,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.00,0:07:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but sign language is the language of storytelling.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.00,0:07:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you say, "That may all be well and good,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.00,0:07:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can use it for certain times in your life."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.00,0:07:22.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I think you can also use it practically every day.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.00,0:07:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't think of any industry where signing would not be handy.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.00,0:07:29.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, you have the music industry
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.00,0:07:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you need to be quiet on set, or you have to wear ear plugs.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.00,0:07:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In construction, where it's very loud.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.00,0:07:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You also have meetings every day
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.00,0:07:40.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you maybe just want to ask a simple little question,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.00,0:07:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it's too disruptive to talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.00,0:07:44.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many days in your life
Dialogue: 0,0:07:44.00,0:07:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you really want to ask a question, or say something, but it's just too disruptive.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:48.00,0:07:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or maybe you work at a hospital, where it would be much nicer for the patients
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.00,0:07:54.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you could just talk to your colleagues,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.00,0:07:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not disturb the patients.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.00,0:08:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Another example is over long distances.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.00,0:08:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A sign ... I can sign to people all the way up there
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.00,0:08:05.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would be able to see me.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.00,0:08:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if everyone is here talking and doing their own thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.00,0:08:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would be quite disruptive if I had to yell to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.00,0:08:15.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that happens way more than you think in a day.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.00,0:08:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And let's say you're at a club, and you see a beautiful girl,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.00,0:08:21.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you want to talk to her.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.00,0:08:24.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You go up to her - and it's super loud.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.00,0:08:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do you end up doing?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.00,0:08:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi. My name is..." (Laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.00,0:08:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can't really get your groove going.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.00,0:08:32.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But if you knew some sign language,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.00,0:08:35.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't matter it's super loud, you can keep signing,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.00,0:08:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can have a conversation, and you can try and score a date.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.00,0:08:42.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then she has to go home, and you're at the train station.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.00,0:08:45.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's in the train and you're on the platform.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.00,0:08:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Again, if you don't know sign language, you're kind of like this: "Bye. Bye."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.00,0:08:52.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're waiting...
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.00,0:08:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I do all the time, with anyone I know that is deaf
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.00,0:08:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or knows sign language, I'm still carrying on
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.00,0:09:00.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a full on conversation until the train has literally taken off.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:00.00,0:09:04.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So there are small and big times in your life when this happens.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.00,0:09:11.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My time is up, so I'm going to go a little bit quicker.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.00,0:09:14.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My last big point that I really want to share with you
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.00,0:09:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that, even though we have a deaf community,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.00,0:09:20.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every country has a deaf community.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.00,0:09:23.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the way we can do this is teach sign language
Dialogue: 0,0:09:23.00,0:09:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in all elementary schools or high schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.00,0:09:28.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can learn this as a young child
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.00,0:09:31.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then you can apply this to your everyday lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.00,0:09:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The last thing that I want to say is that
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.00,0:09:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are many people that are elderly that are also quite isolated,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.00,0:09:41.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if you knew some sign language your whole life,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:41.00,0:09:43.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then you'd be able to sign.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.00,0:09:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what happens? It comes full circle.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.00,0:09:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Grandpa can sign with their grandchild
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.00,0:09:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and everyone is using sign language the whole day long.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.00,0:09:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Am I done?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.00,0:09:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.00,0:10:01.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hey, mom is working.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.00,0:10:03.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughs)
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.00,0:10:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you think that mamma's all done? Yeah, okay.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.00,0:10:12.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, as you see, I've got to go. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:12.00,0:10:13.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)