SignWriting in Nicaragua - Covers the written representation of the signed language, the spread of literacy, and first-person reports from those teaching deaf children to read and write their native signed language. A Linguistic Big Bang - A journalist interviews some of the deaf Nicaraguan school children who use a new sign language they invented on their own. From the New York Times Magazine. Gallaudet University Press News - Includes an article about the development of NSL. Evolution: Birth of a Language - Background information focusing on the emergence of language, and a video from the PBS show. A Language at Its Genesis - Article on the birth of Nicaraguan Sign Language, and researcher Judy Kegl's work to document the process. Children's Contribution to the Birth of Nicaraguan Sign Language - Abstract of PhD thesis by Ann Senghas. Birth Of A Language - Article and video from "60 Minutes" about the development of the language.