THE VIEW from IC

Spotlight on Heritage Signers

April 2022 - Issue #18

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1. Spotlight on Heritage Signers Sharon Neumann Solow and Sheila Bragger-Hall, Coda sisters (Video in ASL with English summary)
2. From our catalogue: Gentle Into the Darkness: A Deaf Mother's Journey into Alzheimer's by Canadian author and Coda Patricia Conrad (English)
3. Are you our 500th Subscriber? (English)
4. 24th Summer Deaflympic-Brazil (English)
5. Combos save you $$$ on our website (English)
6. A CODA Story: ASL Interview with Troy Kotsur (ASL and English)
7. FUN FACTS with Mary Harman (ASL and English)

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Did you know the spelling of "CODA" in capital letters refers to the organization, Children of Deaf Adults International?

The spelling of "Coda" or "coda" refers to the person, a Child of Deaf Adult(s).

Spotlight on Heritage Signers

Sharon Neumann Solow and Sheila Bragger-Hall

Sharon is on the left of the screen with a grey background; Sheila is on the right with a light blue background. Sharon has brown hair with a black three- quarter length shirt and glasses; she is signing and has an expression of wonder. Sheila with short white hair, glasses and a black three-quarter length shirt, is watching Sharon with a small smile.

Heritage signers Sharon Neumann Solow and Sheila Bragger-Hall are sisters, discussing growing up as Codas.

Video in ASL. Part 1.

English summary available on our blog.

Part 2.

SNS and Sheila discuss Codas and sign language interpreting in depth.

Video in ASL.

English summary available on our blog.

- From our catalogue -

Gentle into the Darkness:

A Deaf Mother's Journey into Alzheimer's

Codas live "a hyphenated life" - navigating between Deaf and hearing worlds.

Book cover of Gentle into the Darkness with a red background. 1940s black and white portrait photo of a white woman with a full head of curly hair, wearing a red sweater and a multi-stranded necklance.

A snapshot memory, circa 1955:
I'm draped over Dad's shoulder, bouncing along in time with his stride. It's a hot day and we're strolling through a fairground. Beside us, Verna clings to Mom's hand. A cob of corn has slipped from my sweaty clutches, and I'm shrieking at full lung capacity to have it retrieved. Bobbing over Dad's shoulder, I can see that tasty morsel - sticky with grit, no doubt - receding into the distance, and I'm furious.

My parents, facing the other direction, are oblivious to my rising howls of protest. Big sister ignores me. Curious onlookers wander by, but I'm not at all self-conscious. I want that cob of corn, and I want it now! Nothing else matters...

I learned soon enough that my parents would never react to my verbal outbursts unless they were facing me. If they couldn't see my face, it didn't count. I'm not sure when that realization dawned, but I know it was early. I recall, as a small child, running into another room to tug on Mom's arm. I knew instinctively that shouting would be useless.

From my infancy, the deaf-hearing dynamic shaped every part of our mother-child communication. Specifics elude me; I only knew that I understood her, and she understood me. Most likely, we used a blend of speaking, signs, and gestures. If I had to describe it, I'd call it mother-talk, that intimate connection that happens between mothers and their offspring. You know how they just understand each other? Well, that's how it was, with us.

Excerpt from Patricia Conrad's Gentle into the Darkness, p. 68.

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White background. Circle like a sun in the middle of photo, with 4 different colors: yellow, green, blue and red. Black bold print: Deaflympics. Blue bold print: Caxias Do Sol, Brazil May 1-15, 2022

The 24th Summer Deaflympics opens in Caxias do Sol on May 1, with competition beginning the next day in Badminton, Cycling, Football (Soccer), Handball, Shooting, and Swimming. Other featured sports are Athletics, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Golf, Judo, Karate, Mountain Bike, Orienteering, Table Tennis, Tennis, Taekwondo, Volleyball, and Wrestling, both Freestyle and Greco-Roman.

Watch this space for a first hand report in a subsequent issue!

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CODA wins BIG at the Oscars!

CODA movie photo of family composed of a teenage daughter, father, mother, grown son, sitting on truck tailgate

At the Academy Awards on March 27, CODA won in all three categories it was nominated in - Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay for Sian Heder and Best Supporting Actor for Troy Kotsur. Kotsur made history as the first Deaf male actor to win an Oscar and CODA's Best Picture win was the first ever for a streaming service.

CODA's list of awards including Academy, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild and many more

Troy Kostur sitting in front of the screen with a smile and a grey hat, with a black jacket.

A CODA Story: ASL Interview with Troy Kotsur NPR Aug 8, 2021.

The cast and crew of CODA accept their award onstage.

'CODA' brings home the Oscar for best picture, a historic win for the Deaf community NPR March 27, 2022

Read more from NPR here.

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Multi-colored dot circle on dark blue background. Inside the circle, in white uppercase letters it reads Fun Facts with Mary Harman.

Rain check? What's that?

Find out from Mary Harman!

Video in ASL.

Mary Harman sits in front of a black background, in a long sleeve black shirt and long dark brown hair. She is signing 'OUT OF FLOUR.'

Follow Mary on Instagram @MaryHarman.

More fun facts next month!

View all Hand Twisters/Fun Facts signed by Mary Harman, and English Oddities signed by Angela Petrone Stratiy at The View From IC Blog.

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