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tltbaku
01-18-2012, 07:31 AM
I've been looking around at several of the main online dictionary sites (Lifeprint, MSU, Signing Savvy, ASLPro, etc) as well as several "real" dictionaries, and I can't seem to find the right handshape for "hook" as in something you hang your coat on. I need to locate a good handshape for this for use at school and home - fingerspelling won't do as my daughter has poor fine motor skills (multiple disability).

I note that HANG UP and HANGER are the same (http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/hanger and http://www.signingsavvy.com/sign/hang+up) and was wondering if this would be acceptable?

I see another sign on ASLPro that looks like it denotes a hook for a coat - look under H at HOOK 2 -- http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro.cgi.

Some ways we could prompt her usage of this sign when she comes into school or comes home:

Put your coat on the HOOK.
HANG UP your coat.
Where do you put your coat? On the... HOOK.

Any advice on a good sign to use at school and home would be greatly appreciated as this is a regular part of a child's daily routines.

Thanks!

Best,
Theresa