Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
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Or, if you prefer "Cash App" you can use: cash.me/$Lifeprint
Or use Patreon at patreon.com/ASLU
Special thanks to student Assistant: "Marly"
William G. Vicars, Ed.D., (a.k.a. "Dr. Bill" of ASL University) is a former full-time, tenured, full-professor, and researcher at Sacramento State University where he served as coordinator of the American Sign Language and Deaf Studies bachelor degree program. He is Deaf. He holds an earned doctorate in Deaf Studies / Deaf Education from Lamar University in Texas, and has over 30 years of experience instructing and providing workshops in a wide variety of settings including internationally (Singapore, Guyana, etc.) in-person and online. He is the director of Lifeprint.com -- one of the world's most popular web destinations for learning about sign language and Deaf people. Through his YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@sign-language he shares ASL instruction with over 500,000 subscribers. He is married to Deaf Culture researcher and pundit Bee Vicars, MFA, who is also Deaf. They have four children, one of whom is Deaf/hh.
Want to order a USB drive with four semesters worth of ASL video instruction? (ASL 1, ASL 2, ASL 3, and ASL 4) for $79.95?
See "SuperUSB" in the ASLUniversity bookstore at:
lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm
For free ASL lessons check out:
lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
For a great “100 First ASL Signs” resource, see:
lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/concepts.htm
To learn basic fingerspelling see youtu.be/va1aAXpVr2w
Instructor Bio, see:
lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/instructor.htm
Take care and love to you all.
- Dr. Bill
:)
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ASL for Families of Deaf kids (03)
Signing Practice: Questions:
Are you cold? (YOU COLD YOU?)
Where are the diapers? (DIAPER WHERE?)
Do you like cold water? (YOU LIKE COLD WATER?)
Are you finished in the bath? (BATH FINISH YOU?)
Do you need a diaper change? (YOU NEED DIAPER CHANGE?)
Do you have a dirty diaper? (YOU DIAPER DIRTY?)
Are you crying? (YOU CRY?)
Do you want to drink water? (YOU WANT DRINK WATER?)
Is the bath water hot? (BATH WATER HOT?)
Do you want a cracker? (YOU WANT CRACKER?)
Signing Practice: Statements:
You need your diaper changed. (YOU NEED DIAPER CHANGE.)
I want a cracker. (I WANT CRACKER.)
Thank you! (THANK-YOU.)
He is crying. (HE / SHE CRY.)
The bath water is cold! (BATH WATER COLD!)
That's hot! (IX-[object] HOT!)
Come here please. (COME-here PLEASE.)
Can I have a cracker please! (CRACKER PLEASE!)
The bath water is dirty! (BATH WATER DIRTY!)
Your diaper has been changed! (DIAPER CHANGE FINISH!)
Vocabulary: change, cracker, cry, diaper, dirty, hot, cold, like, please, thank you, water ...
Dr. Bill Vicars with Student Assistant "Marly"
ASL University at Lifeprint(dot)com
youtu.be/lYqeIetUNZY
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Donations very much appreciated:
paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=64QMBRBXQSV6G
Or, if you prefer "Cash App" you can use: cash.me/$Lifeprint
Or use Patreon at patreon.com/ASLU
Special thanks to student Assistant: "Marly"
William G. Vicars, Ed.D., (a.k.a. "Dr. Bill" of ASL University) is a former full-time, tenured, full-professor, and researcher at Sacramento State University where he served as coordinator of the American Sign Language and Deaf Studies bachelor degree program. He is Deaf. He holds an earned doctorate in Deaf Studies / Deaf Education from Lamar University in Texas, and has over 30 years of experience instructing and providing workshops in a wide variety of settings including internationally (Singapore, Guyana, etc.) in-person and online. He is the director of Lifeprint.com -- one of the world's most popular web destinations for learning about sign language and Deaf people. Through his YouTube channel at YouTube.com/@sign-language he shares ASL instruction with over 500,000 subscribers. He is married to Deaf Culture researcher and pundit Bee Vicars, MFA, who is also Deaf. They have four children, one of whom is Deaf/hh.
Want to order a USB drive with four semesters worth of ASL video instruction? (ASL 1, ASL 2, ASL 3, and ASL 4) for $79.95?
See "SuperUSB" in the ASLUniversity bookstore at:
lifeprint.com/bookstore/bookstore.htm
For free ASL lessons check out:
lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lessons.htm
For a great “100 First ASL Signs” resource, see:
lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/concepts.htm
To learn basic fingerspelling see youtu.be/va1aAXpVr2w
Instructor Bio, see:
lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/instructor.htm
Take care and love to you all.
- Dr. Bill
:)
==========================
ASL for Families of Deaf kids (03)
Signing Practice: Questions:
Are you cold? (YOU COLD YOU?)
Where are the diapers? (DIAPER WHERE?)
Do you like cold water? (YOU LIKE COLD WATER?)
Are you finished in the bath? (BATH FINISH YOU?)
Do you need a diaper change? (YOU NEED DIAPER CHANGE?)
Do you have a dirty diaper? (YOU DIAPER DIRTY?)
Are you crying? (YOU CRY?)
Do you want to drink water? (YOU WANT DRINK WATER?)
Is the bath water hot? (BATH WATER HOT?)
Do you want a cracker? (YOU WANT CRACKER?)
Signing Practice: Statements:
You need your diaper changed. (YOU NEED DIAPER CHANGE.)
I want a cracker. (I WANT CRACKER.)
Thank you! (THANK-YOU.)
He is crying. (HE / SHE CRY.)
The bath water is cold! (BATH WATER COLD!)
That's hot! (IX-[object] HOT!)
Come here please. (COME-here PLEASE.)
Can I have a cracker please! (CRACKER PLEASE!)
The bath water is dirty! (BATH WATER DIRTY!)
Your diaper has been changed! (DIAPER CHANGE FINISH!)
Vocabulary: change, cracker, cry, diaper, dirty, hot, cold, like, please, thank you, water ...
Dr. Bill Vicars with Student Assistant "Marly"
ASL University at Lifeprint(dot)com
youtu.be/lYqeIetUNZY
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