Natural sign languages of deaf communities are acquired on the same time scale as that of
spoken languages if children have access to fluent signers providing input from birth. Infants …

Abstract Mathematics skills relate to lifelong career, health and financial outcomes.
Individuals' cognitive abilities predict mathematics performance and there is growing …

Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) children need to master at least one language (spoken or
signed) to reach their full potential. Providing access to a natural sign language supports this …

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to determine whether and how learning American Sign
Language (ASL) is associated with spoken English skills in a sample of ASL–English …

Deaf children who are not provided with a sign language early in their development are at
risk of linguistic deprivation; they may never be fluent in any language, and they may have …

Failing to acquire language in early childhood because of language deprivation is a rare
and exceptional event, except in one population. Deaf children who grow up without access …

The current study contributes empirical data to our understanding of how knowledge of
American Sign Language (ASL) syntax aids reading print English for deaf children who are …

The purpose of this literature review is to present the arguments in support of
conceptualizing deaf children as 'English Learners', to explore the educational implications …

Deaf People and Society is an authoritative text that emphasizes the complexities of being
D/deaf, DeafBlind, Deaf-Disabled, or hard of hearing, drawing on perspectives from …

Most deaf children have hearing parents who do not know a sign language at birth and are
at risk of limited language input during early childhood. Studying these children as they …