The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people.

The course is put on for free to help many of the children communicate with family members.

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After an illness during pregnancy deafened Doug and Naomi Foley’s baby, they got a call from a friend of the family who had a deaf and blind son. Her emphatic message: Learn American Sign Language.

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Members of Congress have stepped in to back workers at the two firms that monopolize remote interpretation services for Deaf people.