Originally Posted by Buffalo

I brought up Helen Keller (my post #66) to make a point. Rockdrummer was asking if everyone knows sign language then what is the point of speech? I was trying to show that there was a deaf (and blind) person who want to learn to speak as a challenge. There will be some deaf people who want to see if they can speak as there are some who likes to take on challenges. I didn't want to speak at first because it was forced on me and I was angry about being in no-signs situation. Helen Keller wasn't forced to learn to speak at all. She got the signing right in the beginning although she got her education late.