# The First Signs of Washoe

Washoe, a baby chimpanzee, is taught to communicate through sign language. Research with other chimpanzees is shown, and it is suggested that from this research into the learning process, new approaches will be learned for teaching the disabled and retarded.

- Kind: Film
- Year: 1974
- By: WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), Time-Life Video.
- Genres: Nature
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/NOVATheFirstSignsOfWashoe)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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