<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><base href="https://deafchildren.org/2022/04/april-15th-is-national-asl-day/"><style id="print"></style><title>April 15th is National ASL Day - American Society for Deaf Children</title><div class="original-url"><br><a href="https://deafchildren.org/2022/04/april-15th-is-national-asl-day/">https://deafchildren.org/2022/04/april-15th-is-national-asl-day/</a><br><br></div><div id="article" role="article" style="-webkit-locale: "en"; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-family: -apple-system-font; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" class="system exported">
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<p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="max-width: 100%;"><strong style="max-width: 100%;">Today, April 15th, we observe National ASL Day!</strong> It is a great opportunity to celebrate and learn more about American Sign Language.</span></p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="max-width: 100%;">On this day in 1817, the American School for the Deaf (ASD) opened in Hartford, Connecticut. There, teachers and students worked together, and by intermingling Native American Signs, French Sign Language, and even Martha’s Vineyard Sign Language, American Sign Language (ASL) was born. </span></p>
<p style="max-width: 100%;"><span style="max-width: 100%;">With time, more schools for the deaf were founded and ASL spread not only to those schools but to the world. ASL is used in the majority of Canada, throughout the American continent, and has even expanded to Central Africa, West Africa, and Southeast Asia. </span></p>
</div></div></div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Reverend Dr. Carolyn Peters, National Federation Of The Blind, Ohio, affiliate, vice president, Ohio Communities Of Faith division, president, Miami Valley Chapter, Dayton, Ohio president. 1-937-657-5134,<div><br></div><div>Dr.carolyn.peters@gmail.com☺️👏🙏🤲 for information only sharing by Nfb, Ohio diversity equity and inclusion committee</div></div></body></html>