"How many signs do you think she knows now? A couple dozen?" A good friend asked when we finally were able to get together after several months of crazy summertime life. "Probably close to two hundred, if not more, actually." Wow! Even I am astounded by her amazing capacity to see and remember so many signs. Even when she can't yet fully perform them. Long before she lost her spoken words, I had taught her several basic signs. More, please, eat, all done. Right about the time that it was clear that her words were not making their way back of their own accord just yet, my sister loaned us a baby sign language video. It quickly became Kit's favorite, and though it took her several weeks to start to use the signs herself, when we used them, she clearly understood and would smile in agreement, or shake her head if it was not to her liking. To my grateful surprise, our local library also had both seasons of...
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