Deaf children who are native signers of a sign language (usually second
generation deaf children who have been raised by signing deaf parents)
and have a communicative partner in the family display evidence of
theory of mind development at a similar rate to typically developing
hearing children.
By contrast, children who are later signers (often learning sign
language only once at school) display considerable difficulty in theory
of mind development, even thought they may be comparable to native
signers in their sign language ability, nonverbal intelligence, and
reasoning.
(*Theory of mind involves the knowledge that the beliefs of others can
differ from one's own and also from reality.)
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