American Sign Language is a Foreign Language
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American Sign Language is a Foreign Language Before we start this discussion, I must make a few notes about the terminology used here. Readers will notice that there are instances where deaf is spelled with an uppercase D and other instances where it is spelled with a lower case d. The reason for this is to distinguish between audiological deafness rather than cultural Deafness. In other words, a person who is deaf cannot hear. A person who is Deaf is a full member of Deaf culture, and may not be audiologically deaf at all; a person who is Deaf can have full hearing capabilities, or be hard of hearing, but must think and act as a Deaf person, including using American Sign Language (ASL) as their primary method of communication (
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