--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter T. Daniels"
<grammatim@...> wrote:

> 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.

There are some excellent oral language programs in US. and
many government funded ASL programs here. It is a personal
decision in both countries. Please do not speculate.

I believe that any further discussion about language choice for
he deaf and hard of hearing is OT.

I only wanted to say that without learning the oral language,
literacy is not likely to progress beyond grade 3. If you are aware
of statistics which counter this, they would be most welcome.

Suzanne McCarthy