Doctors and teachers have tried countless ways to improve the lives of children with intellectual disabilities. A number of methods and lessons have been created to hopefully help these children. Although not all were successful, some stood out above the rest. One in particular was the teaching of British Sign Language. Teaching British Sign Language to children with intellectual disabilities not only improved their ability to communicate, but also improved their reading and mental processing skills. Teachers and doctors have enjoyed using and teaching British Sign Language to people with learning disabilities, although this has not been proven to be the case. help. (Francis and Williams, 1). After studies that taught British Sign Language to children with intellectual disabilities, results showed that it helped create better speech (Francis and Williams, 1). In addition, the children were able to detect meaning in the signs (Vallotton 16). All the results of these studies perfectly illustrate why British Sign Language should be taught to children with intellectual disabilities. They show how useful it can be. Signs like water help children spell and pronounce the word (Vallotton 17). Teaching British Sign Language has made the children feel more comfortable and calm. As they felt this, it made them want to learn and understand. The children were considered motivated and the extent of their disabilities did not affect the learning process (Francis and Williams, 31). Children were able to have better learning experiences. Early childhood educators who used signs to teach children received greater responses from children. When children signed, teachers were able to cre...... middle of paper ...... Bloomsbury Publishing, 2006. Print.Francis, Valerie and Christopher Williams. “The Effects of Teaching British Sign Language to Mentally Handicapped and Noncommunicative Children.” Journal of Educational Psychology (2009): 18-28. Print.Jones, Michael. “Sign Display” Nursery World July 29. 2010: 20-21. Print.Kanade, Shrinivas. “Sign language for children” Language December 3. 2011: 1-16. Print. Marschark, Marc, Brenda Schick and Patricia Elizabeth Spencer. Progress in the development of sign language in deaf children. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006. Print. Sutton-Spence Rachel and Bencie Woll. The linguistics of British Sign Language: an introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. Print. Vallotton, Claire. “Sign with babies and children.” Language and communication (2006) : 1-18.