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Podcast: The Counter Culture Mom Show with Tina Griffin
Episode: The Intellectual and Cognitive Benefits of Learning American Sign Language with Emily Fermier
Description: There has been more than a 6,000 percent increase in learning American Sign Language since 1990. With nearly 20 years experience teaching ASL, Emily Fermier is one of the most qualified instructors to teach ASL as a foreign language. Emily is the co-founder of ASL Virtual Academy, an online learning experience for anyone seeking to learn how to sign. In addition, students who are seeking to fulfill their two-year foreign language requirement in high school can do so through Emily’s classes. She explains why ASL is a complex language with a unique structure and how it strengthens cognition and spatial awareness. AS...