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From: Elizabeth.Spiers@p0.f147.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Elizabeth Spiers)
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Subject: Re: Sign languages
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Date: 12 Mar 91 05:24:45 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Hi, Ann.  I'd like to respond to this one...Part of the problem why so
many deaf people have poor reading and writing skills is because the
majority come from hearing families and have not had a good language
base to begin with.  If they could use ASL as their first language and
use a bilingual approach to learning English, that would be very
effective because they would have a language base to work on.  Also,
many parents need to be educated about the options available for their
children.  Too many parents learn only about the medical or pathological
viewpoint of deafness, instead of the cultural aspect of it.

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