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sign language  

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  • Sign language is a means of communication through the use of body movements, gestures, and facial expressions. It could be described as plainly as pointing, shrugging, and grimacing or could be as complex as a combination of coded manual signals or signs. [Source: Encyclopedia of Disability; Sign Language]

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