Sumain

English Etymology From en es su your + en fr main hand. Noun en Deaf culture neologism uncommon sign language Someone who communicates primarily using a sign language. en w:Marla Berkowitz A Conversation with Marla Berkowitz, ASL Senior Lecturer OSU Center for Languages, Literatures and Cultures https://web.archive.org/web/20230606001149/https://cllc.osu.edu/news/conversation-marla-berkowitz-asl-senior-lecturer 9 January 2015 Growing up I lived as "passing as a hearing-identified person" who was taught the English language through speech training. Upon discovery of ASL and the DEAF-WORLD, the ease of conversations changed my life. Nowadays, I'm a Sumain; "a coined word from two languages - Su - your; main - hands which as a group connect with each other using our hands." en 15 May 2018 kurzgesagt 8jho1e dz0vzs6 An Open Letter of things I must say I would love, love (but doubt) to see this video go into a really, actually diverse set of cultures. I want to see how human psych and understandings can be seen through a Haudenosaunee lens, through an Inuit lens, through a Viittomakielinen lens, through a Sumain lens, through a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh lens, through... beyond language/culture (which shapes humans so deeply), also traumas inflicted I would be curious to see about. https://web.archive.org/web/20230618161447/https://www.reddit.com/r/kurzgesagt/comments/8jho1e/an_open_letter_of_things_i_must_say/dz0vzs6/ 18 June 2023 en Kimberly K. Pudans-Smith; Katrina R. Cue; Ju-Lee A. Wolsey; M. Diane Clark To Deaf or not to deaf: That is the Question Psychology 15 Irvine, C.A. w:Scientific Research Publishing 27 December 2019 10 2097 10.4236/psych.2019.1015135 2152-7199 495700307 There were no respondents who identified as DeafDisabled, although one participant in their "other" comment mentioned that they had an additional disability, but felt it was "a less prominent factor." Eight respondents used the "other" option to list their hearing identification; visually impaired (hearing), CODA (Children of Deaf Adults; 2 respondents), TBI [Traumatic Brain Injury] survivor, Sumain, hard of hearing and Deaf, DeafBlind disabled, not sure yet, and maybe deaf. Further reading sumain Anagrams en aimnsu animus Anusim aumins Musina Usmani amusin' A minus sunami munias