"I think a lot of people already knew that babies can use sign language before they speak, but I think to see her babbling in sign language took things to a new level for a lot of people," she ...

[The language] brings people together.” Klingenberg began teaching American Sign Language at Duke last fall ... “Overenunciating or speak slowly doesn’t work. Meet them at their level -- use a gesture ...

she presents a challenge to the view of signing as being inferior to speaking. “I think there is such a lack of awareness about the challenges deaf people face when learning sign language.