tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522530.post116067697024110403..comments2023-08-22T10:11:00.147-04:00Comments on DEAF IN THE CITY: JRShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02485752215710916988noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522530.post-1160749188189709962006-10-13T10:19:00.000-04:002006-10-13T10:19:00.000-04:00YOu nmade a good point with your last sentence- te...YOu nmade a good point with your last sentence- teachers at MSSD matching their skill to yours. <BR/><BR/>If a teacher cannot sign ASL, then her range of expression is much more limited. Someone who can sign ASL, for the most part, can also communicate in simcom (watering down their ASL, signing slower, fingerspelling), use written and read English.<BR/><BR/>now you have this teacher who can only use simcom, can barely sign. She can't understand the students she teaches, the students can't understand her (because she is nto skilled enough to give students what they need), and everybody suffers. <BR/><BR/>I absolutely AGREE. ASL is the ONLY language that is accessible for EVERYONE. <BR/><BR/>I've yet to find someone who can argue against that point. <BR/><BR/>And just because ASL is important, and an offical language, does NOT mean that people with poor signing skills are unwelcome or looked upon. It only means, "Welcome, learn our language, be part of the community here, and grow as a deaf person" <BR/><BR/>One frustration I've experienced frmo this protest is all those nay-sayers that have a very low opinion of ASL and deaf people in general, and they base their oppostion to the protest based on that fact ALONE.<BR/><BR/>The ironic thing is that they are claiming DOD and ASLers discriminate against them!Katie Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07769058209772041676noreply@blogger.com