The Spanish Sign Language CDI
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Spanish Sign Language (LSE) is a visual, spatial, and gestural linguistic system with its own grammatical rules linked to its visuospatial nature. In Spain, LSE is legally recognised as the language of the signing deaf community by Spanish law (Ley 27/2007, 2007). The profile of LSE users and their levels of proficiency are highly diverse due to factors such as age of acquisition and whether the family signs or not. According to the latest report on the status of LSE (CNLSE, 2020), only 30.6% of deaf people surveyed acquired this language in a family setting, with educational and community association settings being the usual contexts for LSE transmission, especially if the deaf person’s family is hearing. In the case of deaf families, the report shows that 35% of deaf children acquired LSE between the ages of 0 and 3 years.