Sign languages can improve reading and give lift to stroke patients

By Joan Whitely
Review-Journal

Certain hospital patients, toddlers and one local second-grader are using their hands to talk. Not a one has a hearing impairment, but each has a factor that is making communication otherwise difficult.

The second-grader, Brianne Khoury of Henderson, is using signed English -- a different sign language than American Sign Language -- to help her read.

Brianne's parents and teachers at Galloway Elementary School are using a multisensory approach that includes the tactile activity of signing each word that's read. Two California teachers developed the system for children, such as Brianne, who have Down syndrome.

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