ideas to their parents, like wanting a cookie, to be picked up, or even to tell their parents they love them (Spradley 81). But now signing is widely accepted and even taught to the hearing at colleges across the U.S.
             Sign language originates from a form of FSL (French sign language) (Moore 30). Almost 60% of ASL is "borrowed" from FSL (Moore 31). But more importantly, ASL can be attributed to one man, Dr. Mason Fitch Cogswell, and his daughter Alice. Cogswell had a special place in his heart for Alice (she was his favorite daughter) and badly wanted her educated and sought to communicate with her. Cogswell called together a meeting of the 10 "city fathers" of New England whom ultimately decided to send someone to the famous Braidwood Academy in Edinburgh, Scotland, to hone the skills needed to teach deaf children. Cogswell's neighbor Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, who was a Yale graduate, was chosen for the t
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