Re: IMLD, 2/21/05: Braille & sign languages

suzmccarth wrote:

>
> --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "suzmccarth" <suzmccarth@...> wrote:
> >
> > --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@...>
> > wrote:
> >
>
> "Cued Speech is not a very well known option, but it is gaining in
> popularity because of reading levels.
>
> The average child using sign language graduates with a third grade
> reading level.
>
> The average Cued Speech child graduates from high school with college
> level reading abilities.
>
> Many children who switch from ASL to Cued Speech make-up 2-3 years in
> their reading levels in one school year."
>
> http://www.cuedspeech.org/sub/viewpoints/Our_Success.asp
>
> I think this knowledge should be made public.

Do you have any idea what this is about?

English is no deaf person's native language.

If you take away their native language, you are engaging in child abuse,
and if the Canadian authorities do not realize this, then they are far
more incompetent that the US education departments.
--
Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...