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From: Fran.O'gorman@f94.n272.z1.fidonet.org (Fran O'gorman)
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

That was interesting--how you sign more with signers and they lipread and 
attempt speech more when with you...the combination might be the best 
thing.  So some schools go a total oral approach...hmmmm...didn't know 
that.  Would a parent be able to choose whic approach he/she would want 
the child taught with?  I'm learning alot here.  Mary is just nonverbal 
and also brain-damaged, the sign in the end was what worked and was the 
solution for us.  I'd always prefer it if she could speak but she cannot 
articulate intelligibly enough and was quite frustrated, before she went 
with sign.
Fran

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