Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!umich!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!272!94!Fran.O'gorman From: Fran.O'gorman@f94.n272.z1.fidonet.org (Fran O'gorman) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: Ems And Als And Asl Message-ID: <17810@bunker.UUCP> Date: 21 Feb 91 02:10:50 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Fran.O'gorman@f94.n272.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:272/94 - Monroe Electronic M, Monroe NY Lines: 48 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 13683 [This is from the Silent Talk Conference] FO>>> (Gotta find somebody to teach me it --and the others-- FO>>> somehow my FO>>> teacher neglected to include them :-) ) LB> However I first learned almost ALL of my "Words of Displeasure" LB> in my grade 11 Math class. After the lesson, when we were all LB> working on problems etc.. and the interpreter left, we'd all get LB> a crash course on how to tell off the teacher without getting LB> suspended. I think we could call this thread multiple uses of sign I have another somewhat surprising use that came up last year I might share here. I live in Orange County NY which is where West Point is (the officer's training college for the US Army). Every spring they host Special Olympics and because my Mary is multiply handicapped she participates. Well last spring, a Cadet happened to notice us signing and offered to be our sponsor (they provide cadets to assist us). Turns out he was teaching himself sign and was using it in maneuvers when having to lead in infantry simulations, and had taught his squadron it as well. Communicating silently gave them an edge over the 'enemy'. LB> # Origin: Farpoint Station VHST/RA * (403)569-0000 Calgary AB LB> (201:5500/55.0) To respond netmail, use FSC-0038 DOMAIN lines or LB> as 1st line of msg use: @DOMAIN METRONET 201:5500/55 address: domain z:n/n> === FNPGate 2.50 Release LB> * Origin: FreeNet Project Gateway -- Denver (FIDONET 1:104/424) I'm including this here in case it's needed for you to receive this reply. I see you're from Calgary. Does Silenttalk and Fido network that far away -or is a gateway needed? Interesting... and thanks for sharing that anecdote. My Mary's speech therapist had a teenage class of signers in her previous job, and they had a student from England transfer into the class. Well in England they have a two-handed alphabet and everything is quite different. In no time at all, the kids were teaching him ASL and he was acquiring skill in it at record-breaking speed! I think kids make the best teachers! :-) --Fran -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!272!94!Fran.O'gorman Internet: Fran.O'gorman@f94.n272.z1.fidonet.org