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<p id="reply-intro"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Hi Valerie !!!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Thanks and God bless you!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Thank you for your kind words.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>I remind you that you can read my reflexions here - <a href="http://www.agapasm.com.br/english.asp">www.agapasm.com.br/english.asp</a> </strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>(Visit and share).</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>I am always here if you need!</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Keep up the good work and stay safe and well.</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong>Alex Garcia - Brazil</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: #000000;"><strong><a href="http://www.agapasm.com.br">www.agapasm.com.br</a> </strong></span></p>
<p>Em 11/11/2021 14:25, Valerie Sutton escreveu:</p>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace">SignWriting List<br />November 11, 2021<br /><br />Hello Alex and SignWriting List!<br /><br />Thank you for this message, Alex. Thank you for telling others about SignWriting. And thank you for pointing out to us, that you do not use sign language yourself. You are an amazing person and I admire all you are doing ;-)<br /><br />SignWriting is a way to write sign language, so it is only useful for those who use sign language, or who are researching sign languages.<br /><br />But we have already worked with, and continue to collaborate with, Deaf-Blind people, who have advised us, and who know and use sign language. In some cases, SignWriting is used, written in yellow, or orange, or white, on a black background, which helps some with sight impairments on computers. For example, Steve Slevinski, the developer of SignPuddle, worked with Andre Thibeault in Quebec, to make this possible. Thank you to you both!<br /><br />SignWriting in Quebec for French-Canadian Sign Language (LSQ)<br /><a href="https://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/index1.html#sgn-CA-fr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.signbank.org/signpuddle/index1.html#sgn-CA-fr</a><br /><br />So Alex -<br />I have followed this link:<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjO3SydTvoM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjO3SydTvoM</a><br /><br /> Thank you for sharing with us from beautiful Brazil!<br /><br />Val ;-)<br /><br />_____________<br /><br />
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">On Nov 11, 2021, at 8:00 AM, Alex Garcia <<a href="mailto:agapasm@AGAPASM.COM.BR">agapasm@AGAPASM.COM.BR</a>> wrote:<br /><br />Hello Valerie and SignWriting List!!!</blockquote>
<br />Thank you so much for your welcoming words!<br /><br />I appreciate all kinds of communication so, I believe it is very important that SignWriting could be much more known! <br /><br />I'll collaborate with this and share information about SignWriting!<br /><br />Please, attention to the following issues:<br /><br />I am a deafblind person. However, I do not use Sign language! No! My receptive communication is performed by "Palm writing" and my expressive communication happens through speaking.<br /><br />I use some technology to communicate, too.<br /><br />So far, I'm going on!<br /><br />Please access the following video from The United Nations and in minute 1 you can see me and Denise. Please see what Denise is going to do on my palm.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjO3SydTvoM" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjO3SydTvoM</a><br /><br />Well, I am 45 years old and in the following link you can read my profile and some thoughts.<br /><br />This year, I have been developing simple work. I wrote a poem and I am trying to get this translated to the biggest number of languages possible. I am doing well. I got the support of 14 countries and 14 people who translated my poem.<br /><br />My goal is to have the poem in many languages and then use it to show to the world that deafblind people live in many areas of the world.<br /><br />We, deafblind people, are still invisible!<br /><br />Best regards and we'll keep in touch!<br /><br />Alex Garcia -- Profile clik here!<br /><br />My poem clik here: Dreams of a Deafblind Person <br /><br />Please access the attachment: Poem - Versions!<br /><br /><br />
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<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">SignWriting List<br />November 10, 2021<br /> <br />Hello SW List, and welcome Alex Garcia, as a new member of the SW List!<br /> <br />Thank you, Alex, for contacting me through Facebook Messenger, and telling me about your work with Deaf-Blind issues. I am very impressed, of course, with all you are doing for the world. I am happy you accepted my invitation to join the SignWriting List, because we have several members of our List, who are either Deaf-Blind themselves, or who have experience with using SignWriting for Deaf-Blind communication.<br /> <br />Just recently, there have been two Congresses, or presentations, related to SignWriting in Brazil, and in both there have been mentions of SignWriting possibly used in Deaf-Blind communication.<br /> <br />In one presentation, Adam Frost presented SignWriting:<br /> <br />Adam Frost SignWrfiting Presentation<br />CICLO ACADÊMICO EM LIBRAS- 19/10<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzZR7P7ASco" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzZR7P7ASco</a><br /> <br />...and there was a question following his presentation, about the idea of raising the outline of each SignWriting symbol so that people can feel the symbol by following the 3-D outline with their fingertips. I thought both the question, and Adam's answer, were excellent and started me to think about this issue.<br /> <br />The question on the video starts around 1:24:50, but the entire video is really excellent!<br /> <br /><br /> <br />As you can see by this attached screen capture, the sign is raised like 3-D.<br /> <br />If there is anyone here on the SW List who has opinions, please feel free to post them - Discussions are so important. What do you think, Alex?<br /> <br />Val ;-)<br /> <br /> <br /> <br />___________<br /><br />
<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">On Nov 10, 2021, at 4:54 AM, Alex Garcia <<a href="mailto:agapasm@AGAPASM.COM.BR">agapasm@AGAPASM.COM.BR</a>> wrote:<br /><br />Hi Val! Very Good!<br /><br />Hugs! Alex - Brazil</blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" style="padding: 0 0.4em; border-left: #1010ff 2px solid; margin: 0">On Nov 9, 2021, at 8:27 AM, Alex Garcia <<a href="mailto:agapasm@AGAPASM.COM.BR">agapasm@AGAPASM.COM.BR</a>> wrote:<br /><br />Hello SW List!<br /><br />Hello Valerie and Honza!<br /><br />Hello! My name is Alex Garcia - Deafblind Person and Person with Hydrocephalus and Rare Disease from Brazil.<br /><br />Alex Garcia's profile clik here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.agapasm.com.br/Artigos/Alex%20-%20Perfil%20Ingles.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.agapasm.com.br/Artigos/Alex%20-%20Perfil%20Ingles.pdf</a> <br /><br />Alex Garcia's reflections clik here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.agapasm.com.br/english.asp" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.agapasm.com.br/english.asp</a> <br /><br />I enjoy getting to know the World of Communication!<br />I appreciate knowing actions and people around the world.<br />I appreciate sharing good initiatives.<br />I have an immense network of contacts in the world.<br />I believe we should give SignWriter more visibility.<br /><br />God Bless and We keep in touch!<br /><br />Alex Garcia - Brazil<br /><br /><br /></blockquote>
________________________________________________<br /><br /><br />SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION<br /><br />Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator <a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a><br /><br />Post Messages to the SignWriting List: <a href="mailto:sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu">sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu</a><br /><br />SignWriting List Archives & Home Page <a href="http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist</a><br /><br />Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages <a href="http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1</a><br /><br /></blockquote>
<br /><br /><br /><br />________________________________________________<br /><br />SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION<br /><br />Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator <a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a><br /><br />Post Messages to the SignWriting List: <a href="mailto:sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu">sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu</a><br /><br />SignWriting List Archives & Home Page <a href="http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist</a><br /><br />Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages <a href="http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1</a> <Poem - Versions!.pdf><br /><br /></blockquote>
<br />________________________________________________<br /><br /><br />SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION<br /><br />Valerie Sutton<br />SignWriting List moderator<br /><a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a><br /><br />Post Messages to the SignWriting List:<br /><a href="mailto:sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu">sw-l@listserv.valenciacollege.edu</a><br /><br />SignWriting List Archives & Home Page<br /><a href="http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist</a><br /><br />Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages<br /><a href="http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1</a></div>
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