Ayla has positively impacted nearly 10 million people worldwide. She is showing the importance of deaf babies and deaf children having full access to sign language from birth for language acquisition.

Meet Ayla! covers 3 major themes: Deaf children are at HIGH RISK of language deprivation, Stories directly told by Deaf People are rarely heard and Sign Languages are EQUAL to Spoken Languages.

RELEVANT LINKS:
Deaf children should be exposed to sign language
by: Ai-Media and Jessica Sergeant
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Meet Ayla!
by: Jessica Sergeant
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Nyle DiMarco unveils new language deprivation video: ‘We felt we could tell a story that touched the heart’
by: Nyle DiMarco Foundation
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Colin Allen - "We have become disabled by community attitudes"
by: Light for the World
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America Needs To Hear From More Deaf Leaders
by: Christopher Soukup, Guest Writer for Huffington Post
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‘This Close’ Eps on Telling a Story About the Deaf Community: ‘Representation Matters’
by: Danielle Turchiano, Variety
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Sign Languages are equal to Spoken Languages
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Article 2) by: United Nations
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300+ Sign Languages
by: World Federation of the Deaf
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Statements by Members - International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL)
by: Mark Gerretsen
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