Thread: Deaf Education - One size does not fit all
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Old 04-28-2008, 06:54 PM   #578 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by faire_jour View Post
We felt that we were the adults, it was our job to come to her. Plus, I CAN see ASL, but she CAN'T hear English, wouldn't it make more sense to use the language we BOTH have access to?
faire_jour - There is a communication tool that provides visual access to English for both of you and that is cueing.
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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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