Si5s | Leslie Bank
In America, there has been much debate regarding whether #American Sign Language should be treated as a legitimate #language. Many consider ASL to be simply a signed version of English rather than a separate and distinct language. Some #students are even discouraged from taking ASL classes since most of the time the credits will not transfer (unlike Spanish or French). In order to combat this, the deaf community in America has been hard at work creating a writing system. Hav