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Grayma · 06-23-2012, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Smithtr

Redeafined: Sign Language and the Importance of Early Language Learning for All Children: An Interview with Rachel Coleman When families tell me that they have a speech therapist who tells them not to sign or warns them about delaying their child's speech with signing, I tell them to find a new speech therapist, one who actually is up to date on current information.

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And has basic common sense rather than book knowledge. Really, anybody who thinks signing would delay speech is somebody who just totally lacks real life, practical, common sense. It's outrageous that 'professionals' continue to deny a language to children until they've jumped through a series of artificially induced hoops.