Deaf Educational 

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This movie was created from the vision of the California Department of Education and California State University, Northridge. Funding provided by the Annenberg Foundation.

Research tells us:

• All babies benefit from sign language. Thousands of hearing babies learn to sign before they talk. ASL is a language for the whole family and community.

• Vision is the natural pathway for brain cognition, connections and language acquisition for deaf and hard of hearing children. It taps into the child’s strengths.

• ASL supports the development of written and spoken English and other languages.

• Children can easily acquire and use more than one language at the same time.

• ASL is one of the most widely used languages in the United States.

• Time is of the essence. Infancy is a critical period for language access and language acquisition. But it’s never too late – hearing people of all ages can learn ASL.