BERKELEY, California -- Dr. Patrick Boudreault, who is Deaf, grew up in a quadrilingual and bilingual community in Quebec, Canada. He is a native signer of Langue des Signes Québécoise (LSQ) and American Sign Language (ASL), and is fluent in written French and English.
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The University of California Berkeley linguistics lecturer Dr. Boudreault, explains that language is a fluid thing that's not just spoken. It's something universal that happens in our minds, whether it's communicated with our hands or our voice.
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Dr. Boudreault is currently a visiting professor with Graduate Studies and Research at Gallaudet University. He serves as co-principal investigator with Dr. Christina Palmer of the University of California, Los Angeles on a grant from the National Cancer Institute on implementing online cancer genetics education in ASL to increase the Deaf community's access to culturally and linguistically appropriate materials.
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