Sign Languages and the Mind: Their History, Science and Power, Part 2

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Channel: Yale University · 2018 · Education

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In celebration of the introduction of American Sign Language (ASL) to Yale’s curriculum, this panel brought together researchers who discussed the importance of sign languages in the cognitive development of Deaf children, what they reveal about the human mind, and the history of attitudes toward the Deaf and sign languages. Part 2 of 2

Gerald Shea, Author, Yale ’64 "The sounds of silence: A history of the Deaf and signed languages in Europe and America”

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