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Rose Immortal said:It seems to me that if he learns PSE, he can learn ASL later.
Generally speaking it's actually easier to learn ASL first and then contact sign and/or signed English later, assuming you also know English. It's easier to learn the rules of ASL along with the vocabulary, and then later plug the signs into an English word order, so to speak. Otherwise you end up having to break a lot of "Englishy" signing habits when you learn ASL.
This is a generalization, though, not a recommendation for these kids necessarily.