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ASL
May 26th
 
Deaf America
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Origin of ASL
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1817: Laurent Clerc came to the US to assistThomas H. Gallaudet, a hearing American,start America’s first school for the deaf inHartford Connecticut
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Clerc brought with him an effective teachingmethod using French sign language
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During the travel from France to America Clercand Gallaudet worked together to develop asign language appropriate for the Englishlanguage, it was derived from French sign
 
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