Dear Commons Community,
I don’t know how many of you have been watching Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s daily updates on the recovery efforts following Hurricane Sandy. To assist the deaf, Mayor Bloomberg has an ASL signer, Lydia Callis, who is absolutely mesmerizing to watch. Below is an email by a colleague at Hunter, Sudi Shayesteh, alerting us to an article in the Atlantic featuring Ms. Callis and her work.
Tony
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Hello and my hope that you and your loved ones are safe and out of harms way.
A spot-on article in The Atlantic re. Bloomberg’s ASL-English Interpreter who has become a media sensation; and, for the uninitiated, provides sound and good explanations why ASL is a visually animated “language”.
FYI, one of Bloomberg’s two interpreters, Pam Mitchell, is a graduate of LaGuardia’s ASL-English Interpretation Program and covers some of Hunter College classes.
Best,
Sudi
I see Mr. Bloomberg’s daily update and i also going to read this link which you post on this blog. Thanks