Hobart and William Smith Colleges :: News Releases: "Advanced ASL
An Advanced Level American Sign Language class meets from 5 to 6 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday in Library Room 2008.
The course is for those proficient enough to converse without using voice, and who can understand instruction in ASL.
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.