"Language is a powerful system which we can use to translate thoughts and ideas into speech, signs, gestures, and written symbols... lack of access to language can create cognitive delays, mental health difficulties, lower quality of life, higher trauma, and limited health literacy... [furthermore], language can naturally unfold if the environment is set up so that spoken, signed, or tactile language can be acquired" (Irene W. Leigh et al., 2018, pg. 96-105)