Right to use sign language in educational programmes

Beth Peterson
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/ #61

2010-09-21 23:37

As a former teacher of Deaf students, I understand the benefits of learning sign language at an early age.  There was a tremendous difference in language fluency and overall intelligence in students that learned sign at a very young age despite their parents being hearing or Deaf.  Students that were fluent in sign, as opposed to oral students that were forced to speak and not sign, learned to read and write English much faster; were able to communicate their thoughts and feelings with little effort; and had more friends and a much happier disposition.