<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Fernando Capovilla <<A href="mailto:capovila@usp.br">capovila@usp.br</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">November 13, 2006 2:14:42 PM PST</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Valerie Sutton <<A href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B>Cc: </B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">List SignWriting <<A href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</A>>, Capovilla Fernando <<A href="mailto:capovilla@usp.br">capovilla@usp.br</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B>Subject: 2 parts: handicapped child & 4th edition</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><B>Reply-To: </B></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><A href="mailto:capovilla@usp.br">capovilla@usp.br</A></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Dear Valerie, Stefan, Charles and colleagues,</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Thank you for the message.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">This message has 2 parts. Part 1 refers to your message (Stefan's boy). Part 2</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">brings an update on very good news for SW.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Part 1: Over the last 20 years I have had the opportunity of working with</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">cerebral-palsied children, many of whom deaf or blind, and some deaf-blind. I</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">have accumulated extensive experience in Augmentative and Alternative</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Communication techniques, devices, and theoretical models. I have developed a</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">number of procedures for literacy acquisition that have proved quite effective</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">indeed. In case this boy were deaf, I would definitely recommend Sign Language</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">and Sign Writing. But since he is hearing but merely anartric, I would not</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">recommend neither of them, unless he is in close contact with a Sign Language</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">community. Even if he were in that contact, since he is hearing, I would</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">recommend close contact with a hearing community as his primary language</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">source. I would like to suggest a visit to ISAAC, the International Society for</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Augmentative and Alternative Communication. But I would definitely discourage</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">semantographic systems such as Blissymbols because the main focus must be using</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">AAC techniques as a temporary resource until literacy acquisition takes hold.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The ultimate objective must be assistid writing-talking system, such as our</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Brazilian NoteVox or the American system used by S. Hawking. I am sure there</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">must be a German version. Best regards for you and Stefan and Charles,</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Fernando Capovilla</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Part 2: Dear Valerie, I'd like to take the opportunity to communicate that:</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">1) the 3rd edition of our Libras dictionary was distributed to 33,000 deaf</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">students of all 27 Brazilian states last March (this has given SW even greater</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">visibility);</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">2) we are wortking hard on the conclusion of the preparation of the Dictionary</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">4th edition with additional 2,500 brand new signs, complete with SW rendering</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">of each sign. All the sign illustrations have been made, all the 2,500 new</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">signs have been written in SW, all signs have been described (sublexical</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">structure). Now I am working hard on the morphologic analysis of the whole</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">corpus of 7,000 signs. I have identified 20 specific molecular morphemes, in</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">addition to more than 200 molar ones, and I am describing the morphemic</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">composition of each of the 7,000 signs, sign by sign. Patience, perseverance,</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">endurance, and love. The good news is that if everybody did love the 1st</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">edition as they did, I am positive they will indeed fall in love with this</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">brand new unabridged and awesome and precious 4th edition. Of course, I will</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">send you a copy as soon as it gets published, which must happen by the middle</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">of 2007. When that happens I would love if you could post the good news in your</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">SignWriting site, ok? Thank you very much, in advance.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Much love,</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Fernando Capovilla</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><A href="mailto:fernando.capovilla@pesquisador.cnpq.br">fernando.capovilla@pesquisador.cnpq.br</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Citando Valerie Sutton <<A href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</A>>:</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">SignWriting List</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">November 12, 2006</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Charles Butler wrote:</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I believe that part of Fernando Capovilla's work in Sao Paulo is </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">specifically addressing this kind of situation.</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">He is working not </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">only with the Deaf but with people with speech impediments and </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">specific physical handicaps where speech is difficult.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Hello Charles and Stefan....</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Yes...that is true. Dr. Fernando Capovilla has used SignWriting and </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">also works with multiply-handicapped people....</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Perhaps you can write to Dr. Capovilla, Stefan?...</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">You can read more about his work at the University of Sao Paulo here:</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">SignWriting in Brazil</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><A href="http://www.SignWriting.org/brazil">http://www.SignWriting.org/brazil</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Val ;-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">--------------</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 10px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">SignWriting List</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">November 12, 2006</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Stefan Wöhrmann wrote:</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Excuse me,</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">if somebody feels that this question is not subject to </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">SignWriting</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">... I need your support. Last week I</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">met a 5 year </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">old boy in my classroom–</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">He is</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">physically handicapped. He can </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">hear and understand spoken language but is unable to speak a </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">single word and this will not change in the future. So he uses </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">gestures as far as possible. Now we are in the process to develop </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">ideas – what kind of education – program would fit his needs at </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">best? He is able to understand questions and to follow </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">instructions given in spoken language at his level of age without </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">any problem. So he is smart ... smile! In the long run he probably </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">will choose to use kind of computer software – to type his </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">comments on a screen –</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">but will this support his need for </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">everyday – communication? His mother has heard about</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">GebaerdenSchrift (SignWriting ) and she decided to check out </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">whether this could support her and her son to improve their </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">communcation. Believe it or not but this smart little boy was able </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">to identify the signs of a two pages GebaerdenSchrift-Document </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">after only a 45 minute session!</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">And even when I wrote some sign-</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">names at the blackboard he could understand and sign immediately </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">the idea : written names</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">- well of course written</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">SignLanguage. </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I am wondering wether anybody who reads this message knows of a </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">child in an almost parallel situation. Would be great to get some </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">enriching ideas, comments, weblinks ... Thanks for your attention! </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 30px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#820082" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Stefan ;-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Hello Stefan and SW List!</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Thank you for this message, Stefan...It is a good message for this </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">List...Using SignWriting with children who are not deaf, is still </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">on topic for this List for sure! So please keep writing to us, to </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">tell us of your progress with this young man...</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">There have been other teachers who have used SignWriting with </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">students who are not deaf, but who use Sign Language for other </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">reasons, such as being mute, or people who are mentally-handicapped </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">and cannot speak. I also know of teachers using SignWriting with </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">deaf children who are also multiply-handicapped, such as autistic </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">deaf children. It is my understanding that in all cases, </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">SignWriting was a useful tool. I will try to gather together the </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">email messages sent to me on this subject, and get permission from </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">the teachers to post their experiences and get back to you...</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">I can see that you are already making progress with your student, </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Stefan, so please keep us informed...I am very interested as to </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">your progress...</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Maybe later I can create a link on the Teacher's Forum, for working </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">with SignWriting and the multiply handicapped...</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><A href="http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/teachers">http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/teachers</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">But to do this, we would need permission from the parents of the </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">students, to be able to post information as to their progress...</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Thanks again for sharing and keep posting messages!</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Val ;-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><BR></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Valerie Sutton</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 20px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><A href="mailto:Sutton@SignWriting.org">Sutton@SignWriting.org</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; 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