ASL is "nonverbal"?

I love doing crossword puzzles. Recently, I did the USA Today puzzle, and one of the clues was "communicates nonverbally?". At first I took it as kind of a cute thing, but the more I thought about it, the more I began to think that this is part of why signed languages are devalued in comparison to spoken languages. In this vlog, I discuss the meaning of the word "nonverbal", and why it should NOT be applied to signed languages.

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[DeafSweetMind]

You and I sign with our hands so therefore it s a verb for sign. LOL let me know if I am correct or not. Thanks!

[DrDonGCSUS]

Hi SweetMind --

checking comments -- yes, signing is verbal, no matter what that it is not spoken with mouths.

[AshotTosha]

I am taking a communications class in college and was brought to YouTube in search for a video about non-verbal communication. And I agree with you completely. ASL is a language, granted it is not spoken but it still is a a language when you use language, or words, you are not communicating non-verbally.

[DeafSweetMind]

You and I sign our hands with no verbal so it s still telling you that we do not use our deaf voices in our hands. Let me know.  what do you think???