Expanding American Sign Language’s scientific vocabulary
A lack of signs for many scientific terms impedes deaf people’s entry into the sciences. Deaf scientists want to chip away at the barriers by developing more ASL signs for scientific terms.
by Leigh Krietsch Boerner
July 11, 2021 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 99, Issue 25
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