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  2. Sign language - Wikipedia

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    Madsen, Willard J. (1982), Intermediate Conversational Sign Language. Gallaudet University Press. ISBN 978-0-913580-79-0. O'Reilly, S. (2005). Indigenous Sign Language and Culture; the interpreting and access needs of Deaf people who are of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander in Far North Queensland. Sponsored by ASLIA, the Australian Sign ...

  3. ASL interpreting - Wikipedia

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    According to the U.S. Department of Justice, a qualified interpreter is “someone who is able to interpret effectively, accurately, and impartially, both receptively (i.e., understanding what the person with the disability is saying) and expressively (i.e., having the skill needed to convey information back to that person) using any necessary specialized vocabulary.” [2] ASL interpreters ...

  4. Bilingual–bicultural education - Wikipedia

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    Bilingual–Bicultural or Bi-Bi deaf education programs use sign language as the native, or first, language of Deaf children. In the United States, for example, Bi-Bi proponents state that American Sign Language (ASL) should be the natural first language for deaf children in the United States, although the majority of deaf and hard of hearing being born to hearing parents.

  5. Bencie Woll - Wikipedia

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    Bencie Woll MBE FBA FAAAS (born 1950) is an American–British linguist and scholar of sign language.She became the first professor of sign language in the United Kingdom when she was appointed Professor of Sign Language and Deaf Studies at City University, London in 1995.

  6. Justina Miles - Wikipedia

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    Miles's performance in ASL of Lil' Kim's "Crush on You" went viral on TikTok in 2020. [4] She has signed for various live music events, such as the Super Bowl LVII halftime show and pre-show in 2023. [1] Her performance at the halftime show was the first ever by a Black Deaf woman and went viral with millions of views on social media. [5] [6] [7]

  7. List of sign languages by number of native signers - Wikipedia

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    American Sign Language: Old French Sign Language and Martha's Vineyard Sign Language: Native to the United States and Anglophone Canada 459,850 [5] Persian Sign Language: Language isolate: Native to Iran: 325,000 (2019) [6] Turkish Sign Language: from Ottoman Sign Language: Native to Turkey: 300,000 (2019) [7] Japanese Sign Language: JSL Family ...

  8. Two Twin Cities translation service centers for the deaf ...

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    Texas-based Z Video Relay Service (ZVRS) will pull up stakes in Minnesota, closing call centers in Little Canada and Bloomington and laying off about 50 Minnesota interpreters who provide call ...

  9. History of institutions for deaf education - Wikipedia

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    Like Épée's school in France, Heinicke's institution was opened publicly to serve underprivileged deaf youth. However, unlike Épée, Heinicke resolutely opposed the dependence on sign language and, in 1780, published a book attacking the Abbé de l'Épée's use of sign language in the education of deaf students.

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