Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!oliveb!bunker!hcap!hnews!385!14.0!Ann.Stalnaker
From: Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Stalnaker)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: Deaf education 3
Message-ID: <18311@bunker.UUCP>
Date: 23 Mar 91 03:06:28 GMT
Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP
Reply-To: Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org
Distribution: misc
Organization: FidoNet node 1:385/14.0 - Fingers Talk, Lawton OK
Lines: 18
Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP

Index Number: 14145

[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 > ASL is NATURAL for deaf people.  ASL is a vvisual language.

Whoa!  Wait a minute - ASL is NOT NATURAL for ALL deaf people.
It isn't for ME!  Yes, it is a visual language but then so
are the others - even lipreading is visual.

I don't agree with you about ASL - it's not the only communicative
mode that works for ALL - there are many others and all work in
one way or the other.  It's really a personal choice as to what
one wants to use or feels most comfortable with.

--
Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!385!14.0!Ann.Stalnaker
Internet: Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org