Beginning Sign Language: "A beginning Level 1 class in American Sign Language meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Monday and Wednesday in Library Room 2008.
No prior knowledge of ASL is required.
For details, call ext. 3832 or e-mail Pam Lambert, the instructor, at lambert@hws.edu."
The rise of the Deaf Pride movement in the 1980s has introduced a distinction between deaf and Deaf, with the capitalized form used specifically in referring to deaf persons belonging to the community—also known as Deaf culture—that has formed around the use of American Sign Language as the preferred means of communication.