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GettyImages is where I found this photo that relates to one of the topics discussed about in our readings regarding family and people who are a part of Deaf culture. In this photo, a mother is using the ASL sign, “I love you,” To her baby boy, who is paying very close attention to his mother’s hand while she supports him up with the other hand. The mother is equally as focused as her baby, making sure her signing is correct as she ‘speaks’. As I have learned from my Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing instructor in high school, anywhere below the age of three is the most critical time for a child to learn a language as it will become harder for them when they are older. Studies have shown that children who learn ASL as babies (whatever they be deaf, hard-of-hearing,
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