Signed and produced by Dr. Joseph Hill. “The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL: Its History and Structure” by Carolyn McCaskill, Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, and Joseph Hill.

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Signed by Maisha Franklin and produced by ASLized!

Video by Sweetwater Media
Created by John Maucere

Researched and signed by Rachel Benedict. Produced by ASLized!
English version is also available here.
British Sign Language is available here.

American Society for Deaf Children
Hands & Voices
National Association of the Deaf
EHDI by State

Benedict, B. (2010, July). Early intervention needs your involvement. Presentation given at National Association of the Deaf Conference, Philadelphia, PA.
Hintermair, M. (2000). Hearing impairment, social networks, and coping: the need for families with hearing-impaired children to relate to other parents and to hearing-impaired adults. American Annals of the Deaf, 145(1), 41-54.
Sass-Lehrer, M. (2008, Mar.). Early Intervention for children Birth to 3: Families, Communities, & Communication. EHDI eBook Chapter 7.

Produced by Bradley Gantt and Jason Nesmith

Researched and produced by Andrew Bottoms

Mirus, G., Rathmann, C., & Meier, R.P. (2001). Proximalization and Distalization of Sign Movement in Adult Learners. Gallaudet University Press, – 103, 119.
McIntire, M.L., Rathmann, C., & Meier, J.S. (1988). Nonmanual behaviors in L1 & L2 of American Sign Language, Volume 61 (Winter 1988).

Special thanks to Dr. Deborah Chen Pichler for making this happen.

Researched and produced by Molly Estes

Johnson, J & Newport, E. (1989). Critical period effects in second language learning: the influences of maturational state on the acquisition of English as a second language. Cognitive Psychology, 21, 60-99.
Mayberry, R., Lock, E., & Kazmi, H. (2002). Linguistic ability and early exposure. Nature, 417, 38.
Morford, J. & Mayberry, R. (2000). Language acquisition by eye (p.111-128). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum and Associates.
Morgan, G. & Kegl, J. (2006). Nicaraguan sign language and theory of mind: the issue of critical periods and abilities. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 47:8, 811-819.

Special thanks to Dr. Deborah Chen Pichler for making this happen.

Researched and produced by Justin Jackerson

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.

Special thanks to Dr. Deborah Chen Pichler for making this happen.

English version is also available.

bell hooks (1994). Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom
Black, Edwin (2003). War on the Weak.
Freire, Paulo (2000). Pedagogy of the Oppressed.
Gatto, John Taylor (2009). Weapons of Mass Instruction.
Lane, Harlan (1993). Mask of Benevolence.
Rabinow, Paul & Foucault, M. (1984). The Foucault Reader.
Film: Audism Unveiled (2008).