Six Flags Over Georgia Deaf Awareness Day
We just happened to be there one day in April/May/June--can't remember exactly when--and it was Deaf Awareness Day. We were just there as a family, but we saw groups of people with matching t-shirts, so some came as a group. Don't know if there were gatherings such as lunch together or anything. The shows had sign interpreters--saw people signing in line--but not sure exactly how organized it all is--may be some meetings we didn't know about. I'm pretty sure if you just go to the Six Flags web site you may find some info--however, they don't open until April so they may not have information about 2007 yet.
My daughter is oral and hard of hearing, but she was thrilled to see other people with hearing aids. However, she is not fluent in ASL so she could just notice but not communicate if the person was only signing. This, and other chance meetings of other deaf people, have led to her interest in learning ASL. More power to her--I think I'll learn with her so we can be more social in these situations.
Quick question--one show was a musical dance routine--small stage with dancing and singing lots of country songs--very loud and lots to take in visually, too. My daughter has no trouble hearing the music--she enjoyed the show. There were sign interpreters off to the side--if a person wanted to know the lyrics by watching the interpreters, they had to focus on that and miss a lot of what was happening on stage. Would it be better to have a jumbo screen with captioning? Or interpreters directly on stage? Just wondering how the experience could be improved--it seemed to be two different things going on in two different places. I am all for captioning at movies--I am wondering about live plays and shows--which would be better, captioning or interpreters?
