Gallaudet University Sends Support for Italian Sign Language

Dr. MJ Bienvenu, a Gallaudet professor with the ASL and Deaf Studies department and linguist, shares a message to the Italian community, with endorsement from Gallaudet University President Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz. Italian Sign Language is a full-fledged, complex language just like American Sign Language, English, Italian, and other languages in the world. American Sign Language and English are used for academic discussion and learning at Gallaudet University, a bilingual university. We give our full support to the Italian Deaf community in their fight in keeping the linguistic status of Italian Sign Language as a language.

Some resources about Gallaudet University and our bilingual mission, rationale and ASL:

http://www.gallaudet.edu/bilingualismFAQ.xml

http://www.gallaudet.edu/office_of_academic_quality/office_of_bilingual_teach...

http://www.gallaudet.edu/Office_of_Academic_Quality/Office_of_Bilingual_Teach...

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Education

Tags:

• asl
• gallaudet
• lis
• italian sign language
• italian deaf
• linguistics
• gallaudet president
• mj bienvenu