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From: Stu.Turk@f26.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Stu Turk)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: NAD Position Paper
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Date: 23 Apr 91 19:18:56 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

Mike Wheeler of 1:141/420 wrote to All:
 MW>  From: IJJT500@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU (Mike Wheeler)
 MW>  I sign, I am Deaf and I am a member of the Deaf community.  If
 MW>  you read
 MW>  any of my post you would see why mainstreaming for most deaf
 MW>  persons doesn't
 MW>  work as it is really done.  If only they could do it like the
 MW>  describe in the

   Yes, Mike, "mainstreaming" often does not work out for many people.  But I
would think that it should at least be tried for each deaf or hard of hearing
person first.  When mainstreaming doesn't work the deaf person can always go to
deaf only classes.  But they should first be given a chance to see what the
other side is like.  And mainstreaming did work out ok for me (I was hard of
hearing at the time but am just about deaf now.)
   It looks like the "mainstreaming" topic is going to be a perminate on-going
discussion here and I think we should carry it on without getting into
borderline personal attacks over it... :-)
   Stu Turk, SilentTalk co-moderator

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