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From: Stephen.White@p1.f853.n681.z3.fidonet.org (Stephen White)
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Subject: Musings of a demented mind
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Date: 12 Feb 90 03:01:39 GMT
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 >   But my basic premise remains. If we believe that we should NOT teach
 > deaf people to speak, we can use the SAME argument to claim that we 
 > should not teach ANY handicapped person to do anything that is
 > difficult  for him because he will be ridiculed for trying.

   My point was that if a deaf person cannot be taught to speak well
enough to be understood, why bother? I was also bringing into the
question the fact that teachers think that deaf people who cannot
learn how to speak are stupid. Other deaf children, who do manage to
learn how, tend to mock the ones that cant - copying the teachers in
this respect.

Steve!

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