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Washoe (c. September 1965 – October 30, 2007) was a female common chimpanzee who was the first non-human to learn to communicate using signs adapted from American Sign Language (ASL) as part of an animal research experiment on animal language acquisition.
American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language [5] that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual language that is expressed by employing both manual and nonmanual features . [ 6 ]
Clayton Valli (May 25, 1951 – March 7, 2003) was an American prominent deaf linguist and American Sign Language (ASL) poet whose work helped further to legitimize ASL and introduce people to the richness of American Sign Language literature.
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An introduction to Deaf culture in American Sign Language (ASL) with English subtitles available. Deaf culture is the set of social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values, and shared institutions of communities that are influenced by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication.
Lou Fant (December 13, 1931 – June 11, 2001) was a pioneering teacher, author and expert on American Sign Language (ASL). He was also an actor in film, television, and the stage. Natively bilingual in ASL and English, he often played roles relating to sign language and the deaf. [1] His life centered on advocacy and teaching for the deaf.
American Sign Language literature (ASL literature) is one of the most important shared cultural experiences in the American deaf community.Literary genres initially developed in residential Deaf institutes, such as American School for the Deaf in Hartford, Connecticut, [1] which is where American Sign Language developed as a language in the early 19th century. [2]
teacher, former president of National Association of the Deaf, and one of the first American Sign Language filmmakers. Preservation of the Sign Language (1913) George William Veditz (August 13, 1861 – March 12, 1937) was an American educator, filmmaker, and activist who served as the seventh President of the National Association of the Deaf ...