At UCF, American Sign Language is accepted as a foreign language for graduation requirements for every college - except for the College of Arts and Humanities. They insist this rule remains in place because American Sign Language classes at UCF are taught under the department of Communication Sciences and Disorders rather than Modern Languages and Literature. However, ASL is a very popular and diverse modern language spoken by hundreds of thousands of people in the US and Canada. While not "spoken" out loud, it also has its own syntax, grammar, and rhetoric, and is altogether separate from English. Additionally, in a school that teaches visual mediums, such as film and design, ASL can be incredibly helpful in teaching students how to communicate visually. The Deaf community is also vast and diverse, and should be recognized as a community separate than those who simply speak English. I find the College of Arts and Humanities' refusal to accept ASL as a foreign language for graduation purposes ableist and unacceptable. Please join me in showing support for ASL and the Deaf community by making it clear that it is not okay to segregate ASL from other foreign languages; especially when it's only being done by one out of 13 colleges at UCF.