Bilingualism and Sign Language Acquisition for Deaf Children: Why Deaf Children Should Have Access to Bilingual Education and the Early Acquisition of Sign Language

Introduction There exist several misconceptions held by hearing individuals regarding the Deaf culture and the multiple sign languages. By instance, it is not unusual to see some people being surprised because they have just been told that sign language is not universal, and that there are in fact about 144 different sign languages (Ethnologue, 2019). […]