own sentence structure, which sets the language apart from other spoken and signed languages. ASL allows information to be expressed spatially, with meaning that is conveyed through the placement and movement of signs in relation to one another rather than through a strictly linear sequence.

American Sign Language is now being accepted by many colleges as a language eligible for foreign language course credit; many states are making it mandatory to accept it as such. In some states however, this is only true with regard to high school