Feb 13, 2019 | ASDC News, Parents and Families, Visual Language
BY TRACY STINE More than 90% of Deaf and hard of hearing children are born to hearing parents who don’t know American Sign Language (ASL). And many of those hearing parents will never learn it, despite the fact that there is much evidence that learning ASL will lead...
Feb 13, 2019 | ASDC News, Visual Language
BY TRACY STINE It may not surprise you to learn that more than 90% of deaf and hard of hearing children are born to parents who can hear. But it may surprise you to learn that many of those parents will never learn sign language – a decision that will have a...
Nov 30, 2014 | Visual Language
Patrick Otema, 15 was born profoundly deaf. In the remote area of Uganda where he lives there are no schools for deaf children, and he has never had a conversation. Raymond Okkelo, a sign language teacher, hopes to change all this and offer Patrick a way out of the...
