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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.
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Yes, can u image trying to teach Helen Keller speech skills instead of signing? Signing (tactile) was fully accessible to her so once she learned her first concept (water), it was like she wanted mroe and more. All children are born with that curiosity so by putting deaf children in an educational environment where they are extremely restricted and constantly frustrated, you risk killing that curiosity. I have seen young children whose curiosity in learning was completely killed so it becomes much much more difficult for them to continue to learn.