What would life be like with a severe disability? Physical disabilities seem to be
             very stressful because many of them develop overtime, but the majority of them do not
             affect one's communication. The thought of being deaf seems to be far fetched to me,
             however it could occur under certain circumstances and like other people, I would have to
             adjust accordingly. Although being deaf is a disability in which most are born with, it's
             the disability with the biggest impact on one's way of communicating. I'm amazed to
             think that people become accustomed to communicating other than verbally. This
             phenomenon is possible through American Sign Language or ASL. Today American Sign
             Language is a complex visual-spatial language that is used by the Deaf community in the
             United States and English-speaking parts of Canada. It is also considered linguistically
             complete, natural language. ASL is the native language of many Deaf men and women, as
             well as some hearing children born into deaf families. ASL has changed the lives of the
             deaf population and has opened doors to those not deaf for a career opportunity in
             teaching and interpreting it. I'm interested in ASL and would enjoy learning it. I was
             frustrated to find out ASL was not considered an alternate course to my foreign language
             credits. I'm going to explore this topic and find out whether or not it could be technically
             considered a foreign language. I would like to give an in-depth look at all aspects of sign
             language and compare it to languages spoken verbally.
             Before I discuss my research findings on ASL, I would like to discuss what I've
             personally experienced from it. Last semester I had a classmate that was deaf and she had
             a ASL translator come to class each day. This was very interesting, because it was a
             Motor Learning course in Exercise and Sport Sciences. I was interested in observing here
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