<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">SignWriting List<DIV>November 12, 2006</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>Charles Butler wrote:</DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>I believe that part of Fernando Capovilla's work in Sao Paulo is specifically addressing this kind of situation. He is working not only with the Deaf but with people with speech impediments and specific physical handicaps where speech is difficult.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hello Charles and Stefan....</DIV><DIV>Yes...that is true. Dr. Fernando Capovilla has used SignWriting and also works with multiply-handicapped people....</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Perhaps you can write to Dr. Capovilla, Stefan?...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>You can read more about his work at the University of Sao Paulo here:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>SignWriting in Brazil</DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.SignWriting.org/brazil">http://www.SignWriting.org/brazil</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Val ;-)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>--------------</DIV></DIV><DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">SignWriting List</FONT><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">November 12, 2006</FONT></DIV><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><BR></FONT><DIV><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:</FONT><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""></SPAN><DIV><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Excuse me, if somebody feels that this question is not subject to SignWriting ... I need your support. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><O:P style=""><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Last week I met a 5 year old boy in my classroom– </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">He is physically handicapped. He can hear and understand spoken language but is unable to speak a single word and this will not change in the future. So he uses gestures as far as possible. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><O:P style=""><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Now we are in the process to develop ideas – what kind of education – program would fit his needs at best? </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">He is able to understand questions and to follow instructions given in spoken language at his level of age without any problem. So he is smart ... smile! </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><O:P style=""><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">In the long run he probably will choose to use kind of computer software – to type his comments on a screen – but will this support his need for everyday – communication? </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><O:P style=""><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">His mother has heard about GebaerdenSchrift (SignWriting ) and she decided to check out whether this could support her and her son to improve their communcation. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><O:P style=""><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Believe it or not but this smart little boy was able to identify the signs of a two pages GebaerdenSchrift-Document after only a 45 minute session! And even when I wrote some sign-names at the blackboard he could understand and sign immediately the idea : written names - well of course written SignLanguage. </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><O:P style=""><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">I am wondering wether anybody who reads this message knows of a child in an almost parallel situation. Would be great to get some enriching ideas, comments, weblinks ... </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><O:P style=""><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Thanks for your attention! </SPAN></FONT><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><O:P style=""><SPAN lang="EN-GB" style=""><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13.3333px;">Stefan ;-)</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></O:P></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Hello Stefan and SW List!</DIV><DIV>Thank you for this message, Stefan...It is a good message for this List...Using SignWriting with children who are not deaf, is still on topic for this List for sure! So please keep writing to us, to tell us of your progress with this young man...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There have been other teachers who have used SignWriting with students who are not deaf, but who use Sign Language for other reasons, such as being mute, or people who are mentally-handicapped and cannot speak. I also know of teachers using SignWriting with deaf children who are also multiply-handicapped, such as autistic deaf children. It is my understanding that in all cases, SignWriting was a useful tool. I will try to gather together the email messages sent to me on this subject, and get permission from the teachers to post their experiences and get back to you...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I can see that you are already making progress with your student, Stefan, so please keep us informed...I am very interested as to your progress...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Maybe later I can create a link on the Teacher's Forum, for working with SignWriting and the multiply handicapped...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/teachers">http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/teachers</A></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>But to do this, we would need permission from the parents of the students, to be able to post information as to their progress...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thanks again for sharing and keep posting messages!</DIV></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; ">Val ;-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Arial; min-height: 14px; ; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; "></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;; font-family: Arial; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; ">Valerie Sutton</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE" face="Arial" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><A href="mailto:Sutton@SignWriting.org">Sutton@SignWriting.org</A></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1909EE" face="Geneva" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; text-decoration: underline;; color: rgb(25, 9, 238); font-family: Geneva; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></SPAN></FONT></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></BODY></HTML>