WOW!!! I can relate so much to this, I wasn't born deaf but lost my hearing over the years and I've always been left out of my family because they don't sign nor are they willing to learn even though I ask them to... I think sometimes they forget because I can still talk but I have no idea what is happening around me and I never had any accommodations until now and I'm in college I talk because its easier than trying to communicate with others in sign but when I'm at school that's all I use. I'm left mostly lip-reading but it's hard and not very reliable.
This is such important work! Where is the text of the Bill that's being introduced? Who will measure the language benchmarks for Deaf children? What will the qualifications be for someone to measure these benchmarks - especially in ASL? Will there be language in the Bill to ADD language, rather than *subtracting* language resources for those not meeting the benchmarks? That seems to be one of the biggest falacies of the faulty theory of oralism that still persists - "if you let your child sign, they won't speak/learn English/whatever" when of course a child's brain is endlessly open, especially to language, and does not benefit from this exclusionary "focus" - ever. Anyway, just curious about the actual Bill itself, and how we can help get it passed.
I also want to travel to schools or colleges and talk about my experiences, help deaf and HOH kids and adults with getting the right accommodations they need, and talk to parents and give them all the resources and inform them about what they can do to help their kids.
Ouch, I am truly sorry about her childhood, however she ruined ASL community by giving in to the enemy which is Agbell organization. Now all the hard work for ASL is in the garbage with her excitement for recognition from the bells of hearing people!
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WOW!!! I can relate so much to this, I wasn't born deaf but lost my hearing over the years and I've always been left out of my family because they don't sign nor are they willing to learn even though I ask them to... I think sometimes they forget because I can still talk but I have no idea what is happening around me and I never had any accommodations until now and I'm in college I talk because its easier than trying to communicate with others in sign but when I'm at school that's all I use. I'm left mostly lip-reading but it's hard and not very reliable.
This is such important work! Where is the text of the Bill that's being introduced? Who will measure the language benchmarks for Deaf children? What will the qualifications be for someone to measure these benchmarks - especially in ASL? Will there be language in the Bill to ADD language, rather than *subtracting* language resources for those not meeting the benchmarks? That seems to be one of the biggest falacies of the faulty theory of oralism that still persists - "if you let your child sign, they won't speak/learn English/whatever" when of course a child's brain is endlessly open, especially to language, and does not benefit from this exclusionary "focus" - ever.
Anyway, just curious about the actual Bill itself, and how we can help get it passed.
kimberlyjennery Yes you can google SB 210 as amended. Its now going through the appropriation committee.
kimberlyjennery Last week SB 210 passed the Senate floor! Now waiting for the next steps for the Assembly floor. Keep you posted.
kimberlyjennery CH?
I also want to travel to schools or colleges and talk about my experiences, help deaf and HOH kids and adults with getting the right accommodations they need, and talk to parents and give them all the resources and inform them about what they can do to help their kids.
Ouch, I am truly sorry about her childhood, however she ruined ASL community by giving in to the enemy which is Agbell organization. Now all the hard work for ASL is in the garbage with her excitement for recognition from the bells of hearing people!