There is no substitution for being clearly understood in an emergency situation.  It is honoring that truth that led Janna and me to invent sosASL.com as a free online portal for urgent, living and dying, communication between first responders and the Deaf.


sosASL.com is based on semiotic communication using American Sign Language and English translations.

Responders or the Deaf can click on a series of images that will lead to a quick understanding of basic, urgent care, needs.

We invite you to visit sosASL.com and click around and see how the site works. 

Then we ask you to please help us spread the word by linking to the portal and telling your local fire department, police precinct and hospital that sosASL.com lives to serve the Deaf in distress.

2 Comments

  1. Janna Sweenie – East Coast – Janna teaches -- and tutors online -- American Sign Language! She also writes ASL books! She works for the Great State of New York. Janna enjoys writing for the Boles Blogs Network every chance she gets! She is also a live streamer on Boles.tv and a founder of the ASL Opera interpreting project!
    Janna M. Sweenie says:

    The site is sure getting a lot of attention. I’m glad we made the decision to make it on the sosASL.com domain instead of keeping it on HardcoreASL.com.

  2. David Boles – New York City – David Boles was born in Nebraska and holds an MFA from the Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University in the City of New York. He is an author, dramatist, editor, publisher, and teacher who writes across the live stage, print, radio, television, film, and the web. With more than 50 books in print, David continues to write 2MM words a year and has authored over 25K articles. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Authors Guild, and PEN America, and founded The United Stage advocacy platform on the principle that playwrights have a duty to direct their own work. Read the Prairie Voice Archive at Boles.com | Buy his books at David Boles Books Writing & Publishing at BolesBooks.com | Study with Script Professor at ScriptProfessor.com | Touch American Sign Language mastery at Hardcore ASL at HardcoreASL.com | Explore the Human Meme podcast at HumanMeme.com | Train with Boles Bells at BolesBells.com.
    David W. Boles says:

    Janna —
    I agree taking the portal live on sosASL.com was the right move. That domain separates, yet unifies, the goals and mission of the site.

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