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They were comparing students with strong and moderate ASL skills with students with weak ASL skills on literacy skills. There is a strong corrleation between ASL and English literacy at least during the early stages of language development. The theory is that these students are bridging their...

This is in accordance of the research by Strong and Prinz (1997). They studied 160 deaf students in schools. They found that students with strong and moderate ASL skills scored higher on literacy skills than students with weak ASL skills. This reinforces the inderdependence of two languages...

I do not believe there are doctors who are indifferent on who survived and who died on the operating table. This kind of attitude would put them out of work. I am not too sure if it is a waste of time. The ASL-signing Deaf community is a minority group. As any other miniority groups, they...

Umm, you do have a valid point. I have to admit that it would be difficult to prove that cochlear implant is a harmful device. I think it is about the perception of risks involving cochlear implant surgery. For example, if the medical community determines the risk of having a post-surgery...

The question of the day: Could surgeons performing the cochlear implant surgery on healthy deaf babies be in violation of the Hippocratic Oath? A modern version of the Hippocratic Oath is shown below and look especially at the bold highlight: I will follow that method of treatment which...

No, wrong Franklin. I should have spelled out his full name - Franklin Delano Roosevlet's 5th cousin is Theodore Roosevelt.

Very true! He once said that he does not know how we would fight in World War III, but he knows how we would fight in World War IV - we would fight with stones and sticks. It is like we would go back to square one with the potential destruction with his theory turned into practice. I sure...

No, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the one who came up with the New Deal programs such as Social Security to help people suffering the effects of the Great Depression. Theodore Roosevelt was Franklin's fifth cousin. Theodore Roosevelt

Hi AllDeaf.com members! I am from Alabama. I like to keep abreast of the latest Deaf-related issues as well as global issues. I learned about AllDeaf.com from Kalista!