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From: Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Stalnaker)
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Subject: Re: ASL vs SEE
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Date: 15 Mar 91 05:25:21 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 > Fran, to tell the truth, SEE as well as other forms of MCE
 > (manually coded English) has been around for years and
 > they have not done the majority of the deaf any good at
 > all. However MCE has confused and stagnated the eduvcation
 > of many deaf people. There are exceptions here and there,
 > but more most, it has done nothing. Indeed, the SEE an
 > dother MCE'ers often dump these pseudo languages once they
 > are out of the school system and among their own "people."
James, I am wondering if perhaps your information is based on
your regional area and not the whole country in general.

I don't feel your facts are supportive of all areas.

You really should consider checking out several organizations, SHHH
for an example, to understand what I'm getting at - I really think
SHHH is a wonderful organization to be involved in since there are
NO barriers and they offer ALL forms of communcation for their
members.  It was with such amazement to me when I attended my
first convention last summer what all was provided for us and
not one of us felt out of place.  It didn't matter whether we
signed or spoke, we all communicated with each other and all had
a wonderful time.

I like to see ALL mingle together and work as a team like the
SHHH members do.  I met some super people from all walks of life
and all parts of the country.  Galluadet had several representatives
as well as many others.  This is really the way things should be.

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