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Hello.
It's been a while since I've been here.
Where the heck have I been?
I've been pretty busy lately.
But this video is going to be about that.
This week, or rather last week, I did my first presentations in ASL.
Yes, you saw that right.
My first time doing presentations in ASL.
A few weeks ago, I got an email.
It was from Deaf Media Summit.
They asked me if I wanted to come to DC [Gallaudet] and present there.
I found out about the summit before and thought that it looked interesting,
but I couldn't afford to go on my own.
But a company called ClearMask offered to sponsor my trip.
It was a 15 minute presentation about
accessibility in technology and Internet for deaf, blind, other disabilities.
And, of course, which language was I presenting in?
ASL.
My first time presenting only in sign language.
That scared the hell out of me.
If you've seen some of my posts on Twitter or Facebook,
I've been worried, scared, nervous about it.
I was like this for weeks.
I tried to focus, tried to practice the presentations beforehand, but
little fact about me:
I can't practice presentations before I do them.
Whether they're in English or ASL, I can't.
I've just never been able to focus.
But the day before the presentation,
I was so nervous and scared.
I kept thinking, "What if I make mistakes?"
"What if I suck?"
"What if everyone hates me?"
"What if someone wants to meet me in the parking lot and beat me up?"
But it was fine.
I was the first one to present.
First, there was an interview with Leah Katz-Hernandez.
Then I was the first to present because
I had to fly back to North Carolina.
More on that later.
Really, the presentation went great.
Yes, I messed up at times. Yes, I signed some things incorrectly.
Sometimes, I forgot what I wanted to say.
But, still, it went well.
When I finished, I left the stage and I started crying.
They were happy, but also nervous tears.
I was happy that I actually did that.
I was really happy.
People came up to me and asked me if I was okay.
And I'm like, "I'm fine! I'm just happy!"
People said I did a good job and they enjoyed the presentation.
And I would give a lot of thank yous.
Looking back now, I'm thinking that I should have said this, said that.
But for my first presentation in ASL, I think I did pretty okay.
On Thursday, I drove to Greensboro
to UNCG (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
to do another presentation there.
This gig was booked before the gig booked in DC.
And it's funny because I was scared of the gig in DC,
but the Greensboro presentation was an hour!
And then there was a one hour social.
The UNCG presentation was about my life growing up mainstreamed.
It was called From Mainstreamed To In-between.
It's the same story I've been telling repeatedly.
But telling it was different this time because I had to tell it live in ASL.
I can't edit this.
I can't start over-
Well, okay.
I could, but it's not the same as doing this in a YouTube video.
But the presentation was really fun!
I finished faster than I thought I would,
but it was really fun and I wanted to do it again!
Just like in DC, I wanted to do it again.
I think doing the presentation at the university was easier because
I and the attendees were around the same age.
In DC, a lot/most of them were older.
So I was less nervous at UNCG.
If I'm being honest, before I started,
I asked the audience, "How many of you are hearing, how many deaf?"
Most of the audience turned out to be hearing.
When I found that out, I had the sudden instinct to change to voicing.
I'm used to voicing, obviously.
I was thinking that since most were hearing, voicing would just be easier,
but, no, I stuck with it.
I told myself that I would sign for this presentation.
And I did exactly that.
And it was all good.
I made people laugh.
It was a great time.
The social was also great.
And now I am very tired.
I am so very, very tired.
I'm feeling a little sick, especially in my throat.
Unfortunately, I'm not finished yet.
Next week, I'm flying to Orlando for Playlist Live.
I'll be doing a workshop about disability and accessibility online and offline.
People asked if the other presentations were filmed.
There were people that filmed both.
I have to wait for those files.
When I get the files, I will try to upload them as soon as possible.
It really was a great experience.
I'm happy I tried.
If you're asking, "Why did you sign in presentations sooner?"
I was always worried about making mistakes and people not understanding me.
I have conversations in ASL often, but
presentations just feel entirely different.
In future presentations, if I'm comfortable with using ASL for the topic,
I'm going to try to use ASL for those.
It was a good experience.
Before you go, if you came here from Shane Dawson and Molly Burke,
thank you for being here.
There's a lot of new subscribers now.
Wow.
Thank you, I appreciate it.
Thanks for watching. I'll see you later.

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