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American Sign Language on the Brink of Extinction

American Sign Language could be a dying form of communication, thanks to dwindling education funding and technological alternatives.  Many deaf people are adamant that sign language will always be essential, but state budget cuts are threatening to close schools that teach it.  This adds to the existing debate in the deaf community, between those who  communicate with sounds […]

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