Making Education Accessible to Deaf Children | Nyle DiMarco | TEDxKlagenfurt

Communication is the very foundation of our ability to thrive in life. But what happens when our disability hinders our ability to communicate? Millions of deaf children around the world lack proper education, which affects the quality of life as adults. Growing up deaf, Nyle now shares his vision of improving the lives of deaf children around the world. He manages to get his message across loud and clear - communication is always possible. Nyle DiMarco is a model, an actor and also an activist. In 2014 he became the second male winner and the first deaf contestant to win AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL. Only two years later he added the Mirror Ball Trophy to his collection after winning DANCING WITH THE STARS. As a model, he has walked the runway for Giorgio Armani at Milan Fashion Week. Yet, his greatest acchievement was to become the face of the deaf community and disabled people worldwide. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@Domorrigana]

A beautiful human inside and out.

[@eberahimkhan6090]

🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟🇧🇩🇧🇩💪🤷😈😈👂🤔👌

[@loudjaineloudjaine4872]

Yes

[@harriesme]

true =))

[@knittingfrenzy18]

Easily the Deaf icon and activist of our time. Thank you Nyle!

[@muhammadameen8637]

I am also deaf. Make education accessible for peoples like us.

[@vaibhavchopra8739]

What can be done? You got any ideas?

[@nmartuzas]

Someone needs to teach the video production crew about how to make a good video of a signing presenter! I get dizzy trying to focus on his signs. This seems to be a common problem with other professional videos I've seen on you tube as well.

[@chelseashurmantine8153]

Yep every Ted talk I've seen with a Deaf presenter is RIDICULOUSLY badly shot

[@lindakugler6776]

I totally agree

[@emilytebeau65]

Is there a way this could be reedited to have a solid view of JUST him? The camera angles make this VERY hard to follow at some points. No weird fun side angles. Just head on. Please and thank youuu

[@craftypup508]

Emily Tebeau great point. A hearing person may not realize the necessity of being able to see the signs well. Especially on a tiny phone screen. 😉

[@anna-liljahafele9745]

Luckily there are subtitles that are even very well on time to the verbal translations :)

[@emilytebeau65]

@@anna-liljahafele9745 however I'd like to view it without the captions. Captions are also not the most accessible thing either depending on the Deaf/Hard of Hearing persons English comprehension.

[@breeannepatrick8153]

I agree. I want to see it in ASL and with the wide side angles it's really hard to make anything out.

[@rosalind2017]

This pleeeaase. The captions aren't even official. They're just the google auto-generated ones, and they do have mistakes in them. :/ I expect more from Ted Talks, tbh.

[@susanbusbee]

So glad you are trying to create a better world. My grandparents deprived my deaf uncle from learning sign language and would only let him read lips. I always felt that was cruel. He has learned ASL over the years, but if my naive grandparents had just let him learn it from the beginning, his life might have been easier.

[@paigeshores7098]

back then, it was so frowned upon to sign, even in deaf schools, specifically, oral programs. they'd slap your hands and make you put your hands under your bum or back. i'm so glad your grandpa discovered sign, no matter how late in life.

[@hartmutteuber8022]

Did you tell that to your grandparents? BTW, I agree with you fully.

[@Kendergurl]

There was a HUGE conference that happened awhile back where many deaf schools sent representatives, including Galudet and his Deaf teacher from France. They were barred from attending, ALL Deaf were barred from attending and all these hearing instructors of the deaf decided that oral only was the best method for all deaf students... this lead to much abuse and the abuse of language (your right it is abusive) deprivation in many MANY children for many children. This thought process is still prevalent in many professionals who cater to the Deaf community today. It is slowly decreasing.

[@smoua8072]

We love an activist king! Go Nyle, you’re gonna be changing the world!

[@xPeachSweetTea]

I'm really surprised there are no captions! Some of us can't hear well enough for interpreter or don't use ASL so can't watch him... and the camera angles make it hard even if you do use ASL! So inaccessible...

[@jennc45]

Auto captions are not the same as captions. It's like using Siri; sometimes they're spot-on, and sometimes they're gibberish.

[@utahbrit]

click on the cc button on the bottom bar next to the HD setting button and the captions will appear

[@jennc45]

Bree Riego “at least there’s that option” shouldn’t be an acceptable response to a lack of equal access. *Especially* a video of Nyle Dimarco, who is a deaf and an advocate for language access for deaf people.

[@nicole-corine4121]

There are captions that aren’t auto generated now. Maybe it just took them a while to add them. Which is a huge oversight for a TedTalk. I would think they’d have the resources to upload a video with captions. And not have to wait to add them.

[@hsezekielpark]

Since this is a TEDx Talk, which is organized by a local community independent from TED, it probably wouldn't be able to afford professional captions and/or translation at the time of production.

[@StarbucksMary]

Somehow I'm always smiling when I see him.. Truly inspiring person

[@Sonicxis4ever]

ok can we quickly discuss how well spoken Nyle Dimarco is? The way he signs is so eloquent and beautiful. He is amazing and what he does. He always has a smile on his face and he is proud of who he is

[@gokuvalo94]

This is amazing and I'm truly excited that once I finish college, I can advocate as much as he does for my Deaf community.

[@eberahimkhan6090]

🤟🤟🤟🤟💪💪💪💪🤷🇧🇩🤗💪🤷🤫🤗

[@britanisweet1290]

My major is Special Education and I'm absolutely in love and inspired to keep going. THANK YOU NYLE! YOUR WIN on ANTM reignites my spark to keep pushing forward for my sister and others who deserve access to education!!!!

[@marciacravo8189]

What he talked about here is so important!! The deaf community is deprived of so many things that don't allow them to thrive in life all because we hearing people think we are above them because all we see is deafness as a disability when we don't even imagine how deafness can bring so many amazing things to the world!! Wish someone made a bill like this for Portugal, deaf schools are closing and the ones that are open don't even have a full education in sign language is ridiculous!! This needs to change, thank you Nyle for bringing this awareness to the world

[@IIoveasl10]

I started being a special education teacher in Los Angeles. My director said:" We are going to receive deaf kids. You guys have to learn a little bit of sign language". I took courses in ASL in Los Angeles. I was born in France, lived there the first sixteen years of my life, learnt french and french sign language. I live in Israel since my mother died. I learnt Hebrew and Israeli sign language. I use it all the time and love it. I wish everybody learnt sign language. By the way, I am hearing. This was a great video.

[@Nada-dl6ih]

Your video with "now this" was a wake up call for me, it introduced me to deaf culture and I never stopped educating myself since then. I'm currently learning ASL with the hope of becoming the link between the hearing parents and their deaf child/children Thank you Nyle 🤟🏻

[@hartmutteuber8022]

Great! If your child turns out unable to hear, it will be lucky to have you as a father who can communicate with him.

[@eabbyverhoeven3053]

As a CODA, growing up in the Deaf culture I have seen what you're talking about as far as education goes. Different levels across the board. As an interpreter for the DHH in the school system, I have seen deaf children not getting the education they need. Some with hearing parents that don't communicate or sign with their deaf child. MIND BLOWING! Absolutely the saddest thing I have ever seen. Just recently I was interpreting for a deaf student who was from Honduras. A healthy , happy boy that was already behind a grade because of his parents moving him around so often. His father was no longer in the picture and his mother only spoke Spanish. This kid knew signs he had learned during his school years, which weren't many years. Like the few parents out their that don't sign with their deaf kids, his mother didn't either. The DHH Teacher and I put together flash cards with Spanish and English words with ASL . Since the COVID has happened , He and his mother have moved again. We have lost touch. My heart breaks to think he may be another Deaf kid to slip through the "cracks". Thank you Nyle for helping people become aware.

[@ak5659]

This story is so common. As a teacher of the Deaf/hard-of-hearing for the past 30+ years I can confirm a truly jaw-dropping number deaf & hard-of-hearing students fall through the "cracks" of the educational system in the US.

[@SandraNelson063]

He may not be able to hear a thing, but he LISTENS like a champ! And...have you watched him DANCE??!?!?!?!?

[@ValandisValley]

I had to turn the sound off because the interpreter was flying away from Nyle.

[@sarahllewellyn6258]

Omg i never knew Nyle was a math major 😍

[@pixel_life_adventures]

Please add captions because it’s not accessible for deaf people who don’t fluently sign ASL!

[@pixel_life_adventures]

Brittany Colpitts Thanks a bunch because, as a deaf person, I already know how to turn on captions on KZbin. 🙄 No, I'm asking for real captions not automatic captions because they're not accurate.

[@pixel_life_adventures]

Brittany Colpitts Your response about not writing on the video makes zero damn sense. The translation to different languages done via computer is not always accurate. TED usually writes captions in various languages and why is it not the case on this video?

[@madih7362]

simsllama I think the assumption was that they could see the signs therefore not need them. This of course isn’t always the case.

[@pixel_life_adventures]

Actually the subtitles are now posted fortunately.

[@hartmutteuber8022]

@@pixel_life_adventures So write to TED to ask that any TED speech should be OPEN captioned and produced as a normal (and required) part of any production like music.

[@JusTiiiiinex3]

Thank you Nyle. I hope you’ll change the word for the deaf people. ❤️

[@dandoesthis]

Nyle DiMarco is a true inspiration. Having become part of the deaf community as a hearing person (learning BSL) I will continuously help and support the deaf community, or as i should say, our community 🤟❤️

[@jazzcatt]

What is BSL? I know ASL.

[@dandoesthis]

Cat Jefferson British Sign Language. I thought you would have learned that there are different Sign Languages for every country in the world!

[@nancyboukamel442]

Thank you :))

[@hartmutteuber8022]

@@dandoesthis Correct! I may add, there are countries with different sign languages within their borders. But ASL is the widest spread sign language. It is used as a primary sign language in Canada, several Carribean, African, and Asian countries countries. Several ASL signs have been imported to other sign languages and used in the International SignTalk at Deaflympics and all Deaf international conferences.

[@renymarinez6900]

This is amazing Nyle. I very much appreciate you bringing the deaf community much closer, making others understand that being deaf is not a disability, and for helping those whom are needed. A lot of people are focused on what’s missing in the video, but your intentions are clear and very genuine. That’s what matters. Keep doing great. Keep being great.

[@user-sp4iw8dn3l]

Thought he was just a deaf model, then the more I learn about him the more amazed I am...and motivated and inspired:) What a beautiful human being

[@hartmutteuber8022]

@CC DiMarco also won the Crystal Ball in "Dancing with the Stars" the following year. Google DiMarco and Dancing with the Stars, you will see his dance performances. The best performances in the 22 seasons according to one juror.

[@Janioong]

He is amazing. Honestly, he is very great inside and outside. He knows how to live in a luxury and how to live minimally. God, you have made such great creation.

[@euronika6362]

I met a couple deaf people when i was traveling already. Amazing people as I thought. 2 guys camping in Iceland from Libanon and we had a somewhat functioning chat about what hot pots were good with a lot of gesturing but it worked. But what impressed me most was this young girl from the Netherlands or something like that who had been volunteering in Sri Lanka and was so great at lip reading English which was not even her mother tongue. All of them sure seemed to know sign language as well though. Whereas here in Austria I've met deaf kids as well who don't seem to receive the support they would need from their families - and formal institutions like schools cannot fill this gap completely I was told.

[@davidflorez8255]

taking a break from my ASL lessons for class your video came up and i needed a break ... amazing what you have accomplished and the work and knowledge you are providing deaf and hearing people. gave me goose bumps towards the end... awesome person!

[@GingerbreadHP]

love you nyle. thanks to you i learned more about deafness and deaf community

[@jerryli30]

Nyle DiMarco is a model onstage and a real MODEL offstage

[@denvergojoe]

I am grateful for the many things I continue to learn from this beautiful man.

[@lillyc9634]

Off topic, I love Nyle as a model and activist but just want to say - this voice of the person translating actually would suit him haha but god stop going so fast!!! The guy is so ahead of Nyle even tho I can't read ASL I can definitely see it

[@MarsmellowQueen]

I am a student learning ASL, this video gives some good information and insight. 🙂

[@CJ-ij2gl]

I found Nyle from my asl teacher and I was explaining his foundation to my mom because I am a hoh person and my mom struggled for so long trying to get me access to asl not just speech and I’m finally getting it and I’m helping showing her some signs I really wish I would have found Nyle sooner because he is my inspiration

[@chelsey8737]

The fact that he is a deaf activist signing to a crowd and half the time you cant even see the signs is ridiculous

[@ainneblackwood5339]

Exactly! The fact that the captions are misaligned as well is also terrible

[@ryddim7065]

As an asl student I have no clue what you mean, it's not a perfect angle but it's good enough if you are good enough.

[@jacksonkouns5623]

@@ryddim7065 I'd avoid telling native signers to 'get gud' probably not a good idea dude

[@Cynthiaaagghh]

@@ryddim7065 as an ASL student you should know how crucial it is to have the signing be as accessible and clear as possible, especially in a video medium where it’s not necessary at all to have so many jump cuts and faraway angles. You should also know that there are low-vision deaf people who aren’t just not “good enough.”

[@katyjudd1061]

Really cool that hearing school friends could sign even though the nearest deaf people lived far away. Presumably members of this strong deaf family taught them, or taught him how to teach them! Brilliant.

[@rain-wj6vv]

The interpreter is ahead because this is a "high stakes" interpretation for a formal presentation. In order for Nyle to be expressed clearly in the interpretation, most interpreters prepare beforehand studying the speakers script so they have full context as to what he will say, reducing interpreters errors - putting more focus on the speaker. I am sure this interpreter did as well. This is one of the many things they teach when you become an interpreter.

[@ritaplana9061]

I'm hard of hearing and my husband is mostly deaf so he teaches me asl for the last 2 years I love the deaf world

[@mikeydiaz8511]

I just realized that English is too wordy compared to asl

[@lolotas8903]

Yea, as an asl user (I'm hearing), asl uses mainly subject words while english and pretty much any other language has subject, verb, noun, adjectives, and ect. One of the main reasons why asl is so cool!

[@hartmutteuber8022]

@@lolotas8903 Your description of ASL is incorrect. Correct: ASL is highly inflectional, several meaning-bearing parts are stuffed into a single sign. So an ASL sentence may contain fewer signs than words in an English one. It also requires more context from the previous sentences or from the environment to understand. An ASL sentence often doesn't incorporate separate pronouns, for example, it may not contain an overt subject when the subject is already given in the previous sentence as a topic, like Italian or Spanish.

[@lolotas8903]

@@hartmutteuber8022 sorry about that, I've only been studying over ASL and it's culture for a couple of months now and so I don't have a full understanding over it.

[@mars7612]

@@hartmutteuber8022 Their description wasn't "incorrect", it was just different and less descriptive than yours. No need to be so rude.

[@hartmutteuber8022]

@Mars S, How could you read my 2-pence correction as being rude?! It is plainly necessary, and the incorrect pronouncement needs to be clarified. Have I insulted fakenews? ASL and any other signed languages have been maligned repeatedly as being primitive, lacking grammar or syntax, having limited vocabulary, lacking culture, being an elaborate pantomime, "monkey language", and their users said to be of low intelligence. The descriptions given in the comments above could easily render to such interpretations. This mindset led educational policymakers, oralist educators, and ENT professionals to advise hearing parents not to use sign language with their deaf children and to only speak with them, thus suppressing it out of blind audism. Those opinions, albeit prejudices, were normative for more than 250 years in the history of the education of the deaf. I know that they were uttered mostly out of ignorance, but the professionals on the other hand did say those things as a matter of truth. What I was trying to do was simply educational. A plea of "please do not repeat those prejudices" is implied.

[@rosalind2017]

Why are there no official captions and just the auto-generated ones? :/ That and the editing is not ideal for actually watching his signing and seems more stylistic than practical or technical. Loving the diversity. Not liking the implementation.

[@juliagoldsmith-pinkham8719]

Where are the captions? Unacceptable to not have your videos accessible. Auto-generated is not sufficient.

[@jacobdougherty8196]

Why is the interpreter ahead of Nyle ???

[@sh0rty101]

I had to mute it a few times to be able to fully understand Nyle because of this exact reason! Clearly, the person was reading the script

[@rachelburns2504]

I noticed that and it drove me crazy the entire time. I would assume they are reading a script.

[@superpowerdeafpie3654]

no they are not as a hearing impaired sign language dont have grammar thats its takes time

[@sh0rty101]

^^^ there were definitely times where the interpreter was ahead. I know ASL and am hearing... the interpreter is not supposed to be speaking ahead of the person signing, it then makes it look/sound like the interpreter is the one giving the speech, not the other way around. ASL does have grammar, it's just different than spoken language's grammar, and more-so based on facial expressions/body language.

[@kantarguewidit193]

sh0rty101 thats not entirely accurate. You have the general idea, but the last few lines you wrote are incorrect. There are not signs that correlate to ‘is’ or bridging words in our language but there is grammar in the sense of the order you sign in, starting with time first, leaning forward or backwards to indicate the future or past, neutral signing zone, etc. facial expression help give context to the signs you’re using. As many signs have various meanings based entirely how you’re using it to define the sign.

[@stacysaurusrex]

Nyle DiMarco is such a wonderful person. If i could contribute to his foundation i would love to

[@hartmutteuber8022]

DiMarco's foundation has a web page. You may donate there.

[@devils2727]

Thanks Nyle on trying to make the world a better place for Deaf children :).

[@coreno96]

Always knew Nyle was gonna do great things❤️ from the moment i saw him on antm

[@mistyprichard947]

Nyle Dimarco really busy with travels . Nyle D. love deaf people as friends. He is amazing and perfect and best.

[@aslwithamit]

As much as I am loving this Ted talk, the interpreter is moving ahead of what Nyle is Signing, basically the interpreter is just going ahead of what is not even signed by Nyle, it is discomforting to see it happening. I am his huge fan and love the style and the way he narrates his story. I agree that an interpreter is suppose to sound professional but I get a feeling that within this process the interpreter is missing out on emotions big time. Nyle is an inspiration. Deafness is not a disability if you know Sign language. I can hear him loud and clear. Hearing individuals should know nd learn some Sign Language to make this world an inclusive place. I feel blessed to be an interpreter.

[@tatummixon787]

I chose to watch an educational video about making education accessible for deaf children because I wanted to be informed on the topic. I found this video to be very educational, I really liked how Nyle included his experiences along with other children, I also liked how he proved what he was saying with facts. This video was definitely worth watching.

[@ariannasantos-mateo6452]

So nice that you can use your platform to raise awareness to your community and inspire others!

[@edvanbomfim6772]

he's such an incredible human being.

[@nancyboukamel442]

You deserve t.he happiness Nyle :) I wish deaf students in every country to have full access for the education

[@Arasie_Saros]

This was truly an amazing Ted talk. And I learned so much from him. I'm currently trying to learn sign language, and now seeing the benefits could really make it even more better to know so I could possibly try to help others know. Though I do hope that legislation gets through, it's truly needed, not like the ones that they try to pass today. It shows they just don't care, they care more about taking others rights and pushing a restrictive government rather than the freedom and good things we should have like this legislation idea. Truly brilliant and amazing! Also they should've kept the camera at one point only, I couldn't focus on the signs well-

[@nmularoni1]

Good for you on your current goals and opinions on this whole subject. I hope you continue learning this and succeed

[@fann.9874]

NYLE!!!! I love this dude such an inspiration

[@tedfaun2159]

It's interesting him talking about the job interview example. Made me suddenly wonder how I would facilitate a deaf person if they interviewed at my work. Or even how I could make their work-life possible without limitations on an ongoing basis. Like, how would we change our team phone calls. How would we present to clients. Is there the right signage around the office. etc etc. The fact I don't know the answers to those questions, and i'm sure many wouldn't, tells me I'm probably part of a problem I've never thought about before. Will definitely look into it now i've watched this.

[@carlacummings4713]

WOW BEAUTIFUL speech !!!

[@kikikays2423]

Beautifully sayings out louder and clear!

[@huongchu8205]

I have known you since you joined in ANTM 22 . You were amazing, that you can courage to do what you want to do ..without any limit

[@mramirez5239]

Why was the interpret speaking ahead of the speaker? That was confusing to try and keep up with. As far as the testimony itself: priceless! ❤️

[@williammoore2832]

oh well, that's his job to do. but Nyle is very master of ASL as well.

[@jasonhull9154]

Nyle is such a beautiful person, both inside and out, and what he is doing is SO important--not just for the deaf community, but for the world at large. I am a hearing person, but a couple of years ago, I began taking ASL classes at our local LGBT Center. I've always been interested in language and understand the importance of effective communication. I am still taking classes, learning a little more each week. I also watch ASL videos here on KZbin, attend social gatherings for the deaf and hard-of-hearing community where ASL students like me are welcomed. It has been a truly eye-opening experience for me. I wish our country was more progressive in the area of teaching multiple languages in our K-12 educational system. Children can assimilate language very quickly, and it would be a boon to our society if every school-age child in the U.S. was taught English, American Sign Language, and AT LEAST one foreign language of his or her choice (be it Spanish, French, Italian, Swahili, Hindi, or whatever) starting around the age of 6 or 7 and continuing through to high school graduation. Not only would we be a more progressive, successful nation, but a much more compassionate one as well.

[@eugefederico1178]

Congratulations Nyle! 😘

[@emslife6002]

I love watching in different ted talks if the capitalize the d in deaf. I feel like it tells a lot about who they are and how they grew up.

[@albertojaa8551]

Wow very inspiring guy ... wonderful person... 😍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏💐 LOVE YOURSELF

[@TyrekeCorrea]

Saying that not having access to language causes brain damage is misspeaking. Just as I've told myself for ages that having damaged brain cells is better than having missing brain cells, brain cells can't be damaged if they're not there in the first place. Therefore, a lack access to language leads to delays in brain development rather than brain damage. Metaphorically speaking, it's the difference between having a building partially collapse and the building never having been there at all.

[@bobbiec.t5075]

If you are deaf and can live your live normally, then it's not a disability. That's a good point Nyle. Also, why is no one talking about his good sense of humor? lol

[@Voxann]

The captions are now on but way off, unfortunately. I'm deaf and I had to turn it off so I can focus on Nyle's signs.

[@kitgardener3809]

Thank you Nyle. As a hearing person that is HSP, I have made myself custom ear plugs to shut off the noise. It helps tremendously! I get what you're saying...Grateful for the subtle world :)

[@hartmutteuber8022]

Very interesting: Deaf World = Subtle World. Much to think about. I am not sure, if I would agree with that.

[@SoritaK]

My rol model!!

[@491kris]

Yes. All Deaf signers need to be recorded straight on+close-up, so that other Deaf people can watch another Deaf person sign in their own language, ASL.

[@Anthony_DP]

I'm in a philosophy Ethics of Medicine class right now and we're going over the very meaning of disability at length and that there is a tenacious and prideful deaf culture that exists. A battle over the morality of cochlear implants and the implications and long term effects it could have for all of them as a whole. I'm 38 years old and have been around the world in multiple cultures and have seen malnourished populations, fraudulent government officials, dead bodies treated like bags of dirt to be thrown in a ditch, had the most delicious tea ever with Iraqi slaves and lived in over 32 locations. But I've only spoken to one deaf person in my whole life and didn't know a single damn thing about them until this point. The next deaf person I meet I'm going to be excited to talk to them; I just know it. I'll do everything I can for them to understand me yet make no assumptions about them at all, just like I would anyone else.

[@RaulLopez-dl6gd]

An amazing human with an amazing gift.

[@jacqueyoung1911]

You're doing better with edits for deaf speakers. The slower pans and transitions are a lot better than some past videos. But the jump cuts and weird far off angles still cut out sections. Videos of people speaking in sign language need to be filmed from approximately waist up and primarily facing head on. I get that it's hard to track with someone who paces around, but a person speaking in sign should always have their hands shown whether or not someone is interpreting for the audience.

[@saramurney8708]

Thank you so much for speaking out and sharing your expenses. Great Ted Talk!

[@hartmutteuber8022]

You mean "experiences", don't you?

[@kylenoe2234]

He's hot and he's got insightful thoughts. Duo hotness.

[@milenakagel4940]

INCREDIBLE! Thank you Nyle

[@lee_1292]

aghh all the angles. throws me off while im trying to focus on his signing

[@mynameispatrickandimhungry8451]

I’ve always wondered how people without a language, or can’t communicate think to theirselves.. like when I’m thinking in my head, I hear my voice? Or something like that..

[@wiseoneedarra593]

I recently graduated as a secondary ed teacher and we had to take a few classes on multicultural education, disability education and adolescent development. From those classes I learned that what you are wondering is indeed a problem. Scientific studies have shown that your thoughts can only get so complex without language. To be fully functioning as a human, you have to have language, and those who don't, like deaf children deprived of ASL, suffer. That's why Nyle said some of the kids he encountered had signs of brain damage.

[@hartmutteuber8022]

You can think without words. For example, you may replay non-verbal events in your dreams. It is even possible to think abstractly without words. I experienced an illiterate Deaf person from Iran who used a beautiful visual metaphor to think that time is relative.

[@irenegarcia-benavides2221]

I agree, Nyle. Most Speech-Language Pathologist have not advocated for your linguistic rights. Access to ASL is a right.

[@stivarojoan8188]

Este hombre es perfecto

[@hartmutteuber8022]

A small advice to all Deaf speakers, including DiMarco himself: avoid use of the phrase describing your inability to hear "I CAN'T HEAR". Use instead: "I DON'T HEAR". Reason: the word "can" and "can't" followed by whatever verb imply that everyone ought to be able to do this verb, like "hear", to be wholly human, and its inability a defect in need of removal, whereas using "not" with a verb does not carry this implication.

[@hartmutteuber8022]

I wish to clarify and reformulate what I meant to convey in the previous post: It is important to distinguish to say “cannot hear” or “do not hear”. The modal “cannot” conveys implicitly the general expectation that EVERYONE ought to be able to hear. Any deviation from it, the inability to hear, is a deficiency and should be repaired, or if unrepairable treated with benevolence and discriminatorily (unbeknowst of its negative effect to deaf people and society). The use of “do not hear” carries on the other hand less discriminatory effects, because it simply conveys the inability to hear, like you could say about your math skills, walking clumsily, or red hair. No further ado! But with one caveat: reasonable accommodations still need to be granted to deaf people as a matter of social justice to provide them unrestricted information access coming from the hearing society. The access provision should begin already inside the family of the deaf child being isolated among hearing family members. No other way around due to the impossibility for deaf people to use aural communication unrestrainedly and comfortably!

[@Tradebear]

I love this!!! Amazing.

[@alexisdunham4397]

Amazing video! AMAZING! love yourself 😁

[@GT-vs2fm]

This is awesome that they presented it however it’s not made with a deaf viewer in mind they would need a steady camera focus close up at him

[@michelletroisfontaine5486]

You're awesome Nyle! Keep up the good work :)

[@jshir17]

Thanks for sharing and good luck; it's been great learning ASL. I think all schools public and private should integrate blind & deaf students into their schools and have Braille books/ASL translation for them.

[@Ruthavecflute]

Unfortunatly intergrating deaf students often fails them. I understand the impulse but it is very hard to give a deaf child everything they need in a mainstream school. On avarage they do better in deaf schools. I don't know much about education for blind sudents but I imagine there could be problems, for example if a teacher drew a diagram on the board to help explain something the blind student wouldn't have a clue what was going on.

[@jshir17]

@@Ruthavecflute True, but they could be in separate special Ed classrooms but still be in the regular school for socializing

[@abigailmendoza2502]

That's cool! Hearing people clap and deaf people shake?!

[@alfredmb]

Respect Nyle ! You are an inspiration !

[@karla4783]

13:45 started to tear up

[@brennapetersen8522]

I have a friend who is deaf and so I am taking ASL so I can talk to her more efficiently. It hurts to know all of these facts. No community is more deserving of equality

[@suzanneedmonds1566]

I have never understood why sign language is not taught in schools. So many languages are taught but not sign. Sign should be a part of education from early education onwards not instead of other global languages but as well.

[@nicholaserizo1154]

i knew he looked familiar. he won america's next top model season 22

[@michellemarie1197]

Who is the narrator/interpreter? He has a nice voice, he should totally do audiobooks

[@BeetjeObsessief]

I think it's Nick Snider @theviewersvoice here on KZbin. But I'm not sure

[@hartmutteuber8022]

@@BeetjeObsessief The credits show Rhonda Jacobs as the interpreter. I know her and am surprised, she was with DiMarco in Klagenfurt/Austria. My best conjecture is that she was interpreting from the video after the talk in the US.

[@kityeetang]

this is so good

[@latisha409]

Thank you for sharing .

[@annmarie9066]

Why are there not captions for this video? And why is the camera moving so much, making it impossible to follow Nyle's signing? Smh Ted

[@emilycalles623]

Oh course there aren’t any captions

[@TheMakeupMavenn]

Great video with a great message, I know him from switched at birth and it’s wonderful to see that he’s doing so much more than acting and being an advocate for the deaf community! I’d love to help out. I think it’s so ufortunate that a lot of poorer countries don’t have the access to help the hearing impaired. Imagine a world where you could t communicate and no one tried to communicate with you? A very sad, lonely and frustrating world. Side note: I did not like that the guy speaking was talking ahead of nye, it did make it seem like it was scripted and like he was the one doing the demo instead of te other way around. Just a future critic for the next time you have a dead person on your tedX talks

[@hartmutteuber8022]

I don't use 'hearing impaired'. In fact, I see it as a wrong euphemism for 'deaf' and 'hard-of-hearing'. Use 'deaf' without fear!

[@dahlenejames1160]

He makes me want to learn how to sign❤️

[@luciaperez91]

Amazing!

[@marthawalshwalah6445]

Can we have this with closed captions please.

[@FIREPOSER]

Do you think the interpreter rehearsed this with him? Because when the interpreter said "practice", Nyle showed the sign for "practice" a couple moments later when Nyle mentioned the athletes. At 1:11 the interpreter says "where they reside and TRAIN through the year", but Nyles did not sign "train/practice" until 1:13. Even if the interpreter could guess or figure out what Nyles would express next or the idea that would be conveyed from context, I feel like Nyles ran this with the interpreter at least once before hand especially since this is over 14 mins long and because there are some things that Nyles signs after the interpreter mentions them.

[@garynicholas3772]

I need to practice sign language in the future. I knew a little sign.