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• ASL University
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Sources

• ASL University http://www.lifeprint.com
• Deaf Resource Library http://www.deaflibrary.org/asl.html
• ESL Literacy for a Linguistic Minority: The Deaf Experience http://www.apples4theteacher.com/resources/modules.php? op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=49
• Goodwyn, Susan W., Ph.D., et al. "Impact of Symbolic Gesturing on Early Language Development." Journal of Nonverbal Behavior. Summer 2000, 24, 2. Pg 81.
• History of Sign Language http://library.thinkquest.org/J002931/ dev.thinkquest.org/history_of_sign_language.htm
• LINGUIST List http://linguist.emich.edu/
• Signing Online http://www.signingonline.com/
• Signing With Your Baby http://www.signingbaby.com
• The Listen-Up Web http://www.listen-up.org/