Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!clyde.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!oliveb!bunker!hcap!hnews!203!11!Bob.Segalman From: Bob.Segalman@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Bob Segalman) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: SIGN VS ORALISM /SPEECH READING Message-ID: <17764@bunker.UUCP> Date: 9 Feb 91 05:18:37 GMT Sender: news@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Bob.Segalman@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:203/11 - The Broken Rose BBS, Sacramento CA Lines: 14 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 13643 [This is from the Silent Talk Conference] There is another wrinkle on this isssue. Although my hearing is normal, I have severe CP with hand movement limitations making the few signs I know hard to read. The point is that while you can't read signs because of limited vision, some of us can't always sign well because of limited dexterity. - Bob -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!203!11!Bob.Segalman Internet: Bob.Segalman@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org