Comments on: Deaf: ASL and English http://deafchipmunk.com/?p=62 ASL and Deaf Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:30:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Alexa http://deafchipmunk.com/?p=62&cpage=1#comment-2744 Alexa Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:30:22 +0000 http://deafchipmunk.com/?p=62#comment-2744 I also agree with this. I like what Jean B said about Swedish parents being required to know sign language if their child is deaf. What a support system for their child! I fully agree with parents being required to learn sign language if they have a deaf child. I have a friend who is partially deaf and has lost most of her hearing in the last few years. She has 4 children and because she knows she will soon lose 100% of her hearing, the entire family is now in sign language classes. Despite the support from her family, she feels distant from her friends now as she cannot communicate like she could a few years ago. Signing is a beautiful language and a great resource to be knowledgeable of! I hope all schools in the USA and Canada offer this as a second language sooner than later. I also agree with this. I like what Jean B said about Swedish parents being required to know sign language if their child is deaf. What a support system for their child! I fully agree with parents being required to learn sign language if they have a deaf child. I have a friend who is partially deaf and has lost most of her hearing in the last few years. She has 4 children and because she knows she will soon lose 100% of her hearing, the entire family is now in sign language classes. Despite the support from her family, she feels distant from her friends now as she cannot communicate like she could a few years ago. Signing is a beautiful language and a great resource to be knowledgeable of! I hope all schools in the USA and Canada offer this as a second language sooner than later.

]]> By: David Ennis http://deafchipmunk.com/?p=62&cpage=1#comment-1180 David Ennis Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:10:42 +0000 http://deafchipmunk.com/?p=62#comment-1180 Without my doubts, I fully agree with you and Jean's comment. Yes, I always believe that every Deaf needs a visually-based education because the knowledge is so powerful that helps them to be liberated from the audistic slavery. The simple proverb for Deaf child is "Without ASL, without learning" David Ennis Without my doubts, I fully agree with you and Jean’s comment.

Yes, I always believe that every Deaf needs a visually-based education because the knowledge is so powerful that helps them to be liberated from the audistic slavery.

The simple proverb for Deaf child is

“Without ASL, without learning”

David Ennis

]]> By: Jean Boutcher http://deafchipmunk.com/?p=62&cpage=1#comment-1176 Jean Boutcher Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:56:06 +0000 http://deafchipmunk.com/?p=62#comment-1176 Agreed! No deaf child should be left behind. I remember having read a comment left by a Swedish reader. He said that in Sweden the government would make parents attend sign language classes once they have a deaf baby. The government would also have a social worker check if parents do attend. If they do not attend, the social worker would take deaf babies to deaf foster parents who would expose SSL to deaf babies. True enough parents have to comply with the government by learning sign language. Unfortunately, in the USA, doctors send deaf babies to oral schools when asked by parents instead of urging parents to send deaf babies to bilingual schools. AGB has a strong affiliation with Congress by serving on a Congressional health comnmittee. I wish that the NAD would serve on the same committee so they would remind all committee members about the importance of learning ASL as the first language. Agreed! No deaf child should be left behind. I remember having read a comment left by a Swedish reader. He said that in Sweden the government would make parents attend sign language classes once they have a deaf baby. The government would also have a social worker check if parents do attend. If they do not attend, the social worker would take deaf babies to deaf foster parents who would expose SSL to deaf babies. True enough parents have to comply with the government by learning sign language. Unfortunately, in the USA, doctors send deaf babies to oral schools when asked by parents instead of urging parents to send deaf babies to bilingual schools. AGB has a strong affiliation with Congress by serving on a Congressional health comnmittee. I wish that the NAD would serve on the same committee so they would remind all committee members about the importance of learning ASL as the first language.

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