Making Education Accessible to Deaf Children | Nyle DiMarco | TEDxKlagenfurt

[knittingfrenzy]

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

[muhammadameen]

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

[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.

[smoua]

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

[IIoveasl]

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.

[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.

[Sonicxisever]

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

[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...

[StarbucksMary]

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

[gokuvalo]

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.

[britanisweet]

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!!!!

[emilytebeau]

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

[marciacravo]

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

[Nada-dlih]

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 🤟🏻

[eabbyverhoeven]

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.

[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 🤟❤️

[deblosey]

Darn, he's cute. Nobody is cuter than Nyle. How many hearts will he melt with that smile?

[JusTiiiiinex]

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

[renymarinez]

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.

[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.