President Roberta (Bobbi) Cordano, the 11th President of Gallaudet University, partners with Ron Stern, former Vice President of the Clerc Center, to share their mutual passion on the urgency of providing each child who is deaf or hard of hearing full and early access to language through bilingual exposure to American Sign Language (ASL) and English. Watch as President Cordano shares important evidence-based findings that dispel myths of language acquisition for children who are deaf and hard of hearing.
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