Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!oliveb!bunker!hcap!hnews!260!207!Ann.Parsons From: Ann.Parsons@f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Parsons) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: Calling All deafies! Message-ID: <15585@handicap.news> Date: 14 May 91 13:50:45 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.isc-br.com Reply-To: Ann.Parsons@f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org Organization: FidoNet node 1:260/207 - The Recovery Room B, Rochester NY Lines: 31 Approved: wtm@bunker.hcap.fidonet.org Index Number: 15585 [This is from the Silent Talk Conference] Hi James, Thank you for your good words. It is interesting to note that when I mentioned the conversation to a colleague of mine who is a teacher of the Deaf here in BOCES, her reply to my question about what kind of signing they are using is as follows: She said that at BOCES they use mostly Pidgeon Sign for the kids. This is because many of them are multiply handicapped as well as being deaf. She also said that she had noticed that many of her students were using modified ASL in their conversations. She went on to say that she felt that she could never be fluent in ASL as are those who are born deaf. "You have to be born deaf of deaf parents." She said that she was well aware of the contraversy, and she was most interested in my questions about the subject. As for your comments about ignorance, yea, that's why I continue to speak to school groups about blindness. People need to be educated not hit over the head because they are ignorant. If you hit them over the head, then you have to heal the concussion. Take care, see ya on-line. Question? Why don't the folks in the Deaf Community become teachers of children who are deaf? Then, you could really speak from experience. Don't beat 'em join 'em. I'm doing that and I love it. Ann P. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!260!207!Ann.Parsons Internet: Ann.Parsons@f207.n260.z1.fidonet.org