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Deaf Bilingual Coalition to Meet in Milwaukee - Genuine Advocates for Deaf Children Rallying for Deaf Children's Rights to Acquire Language Through American Sign Language
DBC Education Conference and ASL Rallies @ Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June 27-30, 2008
Hyatt Regency
Deaf advocates from all over the U.S. and Canada will be attending the first annual Deaf Bilingual Coalition Education Conference. Genuine experts in the field of linguistics and Deaf education, themselves Deaf, will present on the topic of why natural sign language has always been 100 percent accessible and provides for natural first language acquisition in a barrier-free way. The experts will also explain why morality demands that Deaf babies should not be denied American Sign Language -- regardless of whether or not hearing devices are used with the child, and regardless of whether or not speech and listening training is provided. They will also explain why the bilingual approach (ASL and English) is the most practical, effective and humane way to raise a Deaf child.
Says DBC founder John Egbert: "Over the past 118 years, advocates of the oral-only method have succeeded in building a wall of ignorance that prevents parents of Deaf children from learning the truth about the effectiveness and naturalness of American Sign Language and why bilingualism is the way to go with Deaf children. Now is time that we stand up and say: A.G. BELL, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!"
He adds, "The Deaf Bilingual Coalition is not a front organization serving vested interests, but is a grassroots movement composed of advocates who are genuinely concerned about the well-being of Deaf children as whole human beings. Deaf children shouldn't be treated as if they are merely bodies attached to ears. Any educator who is a real educator must recognize that children's minds come first. Communication is nothing without content."
Egbert continues: "We look forward to the day when all Deaf children will be taught not by way of an improper focus on listening and speaking skills, but according to the CONTENT of their thinking skills. For Deaf children, that means by way of bilingualism and sign language as a natural first language."
See our Web site: www.dbcusa.org - Home
E-mail: deafbilingual@gmail.com
Contact: Tamara Hossler
Phone: (239) 494-2891
Email Address: onthego321@aol.com
DBC Education Conference and ASL Rallies @ Milwaukee, Wisconsin
June 27-30, 2008
Hyatt Regency
Deaf advocates from all over the U.S. and Canada will be attending the first annual Deaf Bilingual Coalition Education Conference. Genuine experts in the field of linguistics and Deaf education, themselves Deaf, will present on the topic of why natural sign language has always been 100 percent accessible and provides for natural first language acquisition in a barrier-free way. The experts will also explain why morality demands that Deaf babies should not be denied American Sign Language -- regardless of whether or not hearing devices are used with the child, and regardless of whether or not speech and listening training is provided. They will also explain why the bilingual approach (ASL and English) is the most practical, effective and humane way to raise a Deaf child.
Says DBC founder John Egbert: "Over the past 118 years, advocates of the oral-only method have succeeded in building a wall of ignorance that prevents parents of Deaf children from learning the truth about the effectiveness and naturalness of American Sign Language and why bilingualism is the way to go with Deaf children. Now is time that we stand up and say: A.G. BELL, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL!"
He adds, "The Deaf Bilingual Coalition is not a front organization serving vested interests, but is a grassroots movement composed of advocates who are genuinely concerned about the well-being of Deaf children as whole human beings. Deaf children shouldn't be treated as if they are merely bodies attached to ears. Any educator who is a real educator must recognize that children's minds come first. Communication is nothing without content."
Egbert continues: "We look forward to the day when all Deaf children will be taught not by way of an improper focus on listening and speaking skills, but according to the CONTENT of their thinking skills. For Deaf children, that means by way of bilingualism and sign language as a natural first language."
See our Web site: www.dbcusa.org - Home
E-mail: deafbilingual@gmail.com
Contact: Tamara Hossler
Phone: (239) 494-2891
Email Address: onthego321@aol.com