Signing Naturally Deaf Culture UNIT 5

The drawing "Buy Me I Know Sign Language" by Shawn Richardson shows a Dog in a window signing to a man passing by.

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The drawing "Buy Me I Know Sign Language" by Shawn Richardson shows a man not being too surprised that the dog is signing.

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The drawing "Buy Me I Know Sign Language" by Shawn Richardson depicts how Deaf people feel about their pets - they are their best friends and speak the same language.

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William Hoy was a famous Deaf basketball player from the 1950's.

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William Hoy was the reason why there are hand signals in baseball today.

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William Hoy played baseball in the late 1800's.

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William Hoy was at bat, his third base coach would use hand signals to tell him the number of players that were out.

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in America, several small villages on Matha's Vineyard were signing villages for more than 100 years.

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Long ago on Martha's Vineyard, 1 in 6000 people were Deaf and all the inhabitants used Sign Language.

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Clayton Valli was well known for his work in ASL poetry.

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