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Rittenhouse, Robert K.; Myers, James J. – 1978
The document reports on a seminar sponsored by the West Central Region for Low-Incident Handicapped Children, on the acquisition, construction, and use of American Sign Language with severely handicapped children. Topics addressed include the cognitive preconditions to language, sign formational rules, the structure of sign, and American Sign…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Language Acquisition, Manual Communication