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  2. American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    American Sign Language (ASL) is a natural language [5] that serves as the predominant sign language of Deaf communities in the United States and most of Anglophone Canada. ASL is a complete and organized visual language that is expressed by employing both manual and nonmanual features . [ 6 ]

  3. American manual alphabet - Wikipedia

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    Like other languages, American Sign Language is constantly evolving. While changes in fingerspelling are less likely, slight changes still occur over time. The manual alphabet looks different today than it did merely decades ago. A prime example of this pattern of change is found in the "screaming 'E'".

  4. American Sign Language grammar - Wikipedia

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    Rightward Wh-movement Analysis in American Sign Language The rightward movement analysis is a newer, more abstract argument of how wh-movement occurs in ASL. The main arguments for rightward movement begin by analyzing spec-CP as being on the right, the wh-movement as being rightward, and as the initial wh-word as a base-generated topic. [ 58 ]

  5. Paroxysmal dyskinesia - Wikipedia

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    A few cases have shown that patients were able to lessen their attacks with a high carbohydrate snack. A new approach to managing PED is the ketogenic diet, which alters the primary cerebral energy metabolism from glucose to ketone bodies. Reports have shown that the ketonic diet protects against seizures in epilepsy. [2]

  6. Tactile signing - Wikipedia

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    Tactile signing is a common means of communication used by people with deafblindness.It is based on a sign language or another system of manual communication. "Tactile signing" refers to the mode or medium, i.e. signing (using some form of signed language or code), using touch.

  7. List of fictional characters with disabilities - Wikipedia

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    Hotaru has mysterious seizures due to being the host of the Daimon Mistress 9. [222] 2001 Izumi Curtis: Fullmetal Alchemist: Hiromu Arakawa: Izumi has a chronic illness due to missing organs. [223] Edward Elric: Edward is a double amputee. [224] 2001 Kiyoharu Togawa, Tomomi Nomiya, and Hisanobu Takahashi Real: Takehiko Inoue: Wheelchair-bound ...

  8. Marlee Matlin Slams CBS for Not Showing Super Bowl’s ASL ...

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    Marlee Matlin is not happy with CBS.. CBS was one of several networks broadcasting Super Bowl LVIII live on Sunday, February 11. Though the American Sign Language (ASL) performers — Anjel ...

  9. Varieties of American Sign Language - Wikipedia

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    American Sign Language (ASL) developed in the United States, starting as a blend of local sign languages and French Sign Language (FSL). [1] Local varieties have developed in many countries, but there is little research on which should be considered dialects of ASL (such as Bolivian Sign Language) and which have diverged to the point of being ...