Non-dominant, one-handed signing

[Heather Grohe]

Colleagues,

I have a friend who is an Occupational Therapist, and
she sent me the below query - I can respond to the
general questions, but wondered if anyone knew of
specific resources?

Thanks,
~Heather


> I have a patient at work who is a student and works
as a part time
> teachers aide in a school for children with
disabilities. The patient
> had a stroke and is only able to use one hand, her
non-dominant hand.
> she was learning how to sign and is able to do some
finger spelling
> with her left hand, as well as modified signs that
are simple. I was
> wondering if you know of a resource for sign
language with only one
> hand. Could you think of a way to communicate with
only one hand for
> sign?  She isn't too concerned about it yet, but has
brought it up a
> few times in conversation so I think that it's more
important than she
> is letting on -- thanks in advance!

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