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July 12, 2021 Cover

Volume 99, Issue 25

A lack of signs for many scientific terms impedes deaf people’s entry into the sciences. Deaf scientists want to chip away at the barriers by developing more ASL signs for scientific terms.

Cover image:Deaf scientists are creating more signs for scientific terms to break down communication barriers for deaf people

Credit: Glenn Harvey

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Quote of the Week

“We are using [ASL] every day, in every aspect of our lives. It makes sense that any change would come from us.”

Mandy Houghton, Deaf Principal Investigator, Quantum Science in ASL Project at The Learning Center for the Deaf and Harvard’s Center for Integrated Quantum Materials

Growing sign language’s scientific vocabulary

A lack of signs for many scientific terms impedes deaf people’s entry into the sciences. Deaf scientists want to chip away at the barriers by developing more ASL signs for scientific terms.

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