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Why ASL?

This video discusses why we should provide a deaf baby American Sign Language as early as possible.

References:
* Mayberry, Rachel (1998) The critical period for language acquisition and the deaf child’s language comprehension: A psycholinguistic approach. Bulletin d’Audiophonologie: Annales Scientifiques de L’Université de Franche-Comté, 15
*Woolfe, Tyron/Herman, Rosalind/Roy, Penny/Woll, Bencie (2010), Early Lexical Development in Native Signers: A BSL Adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates CDI. In: Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 51, 322—331.
*Pichler, Debbie C. LIN 510: Introduction to first and second language acquisition. Gallaudet University, Washington D.C.. Sep. 2011. Lectures.

Check out www.aslized.org for more ASL videos!

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