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Old 12-23-2007, 07:46 PM   #94 (permalink)
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Parents will naturally want their child to be as much like themselves as possible and will probably choose oralism, Most of us know that for fact because we have hearing parents, What Banjo stated was 100 percent correct-- You must walk a mile in another person's shoes before you can understand what it means to be that person. Only deaf people understand what it means to be deaf because deaf people know the full communication access and quality for themselves.
As only Cloggy knows what it means to be the father of his deaf child.
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....Cued Speech has substantial data showing that it enables deaf children to attain competency in English at the level of hearing students grade by grade. I know of no other system that enables this to happen.... As more and more young deaf persons achieve academically because of this system, deaf leaders will need to re-examine their options.
- Dr. Edward C. Merrill, Jr. past president of Gallaudet
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