The Stories Behind: NUS group SIGNapse strives to serve deaf community better
SIGNapse co-chairs Serene Yap and Ethan Ong.
NUS’ SIGNapse, a student-led sign language interest group formed by healthcare students in 2016, offers basic and advanced sign language classes
The group tries to attract students to join them by posting information about deaf culture on Instagram and Facebook, and by song-signing popular songs on TikTok
The group has more than a thousand followers on Instagram and another 300-plus on Facebook
They also hold song-signing performances at school events, in front of parents and faculty
