<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Charles,<br><br>Do you have a source that I can look up about the one to one correspondence between the images in the talking blankets and the sign language? I'm doing a paper on writing systems of sign languages and that may prove to be an interesting note.<br><br>thanks,<br>Jason Hopkins<br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Charles Butler <chazzer3332000@YAHOO.COM><br>To: sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu<br>Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:56:08 PM<br>Subject: Re: [sw-l] handicapped child - able to listen and understand - unable to speak<br><br><div>I would like to point out for historical purposes that the Sign Language of the Plains
Indians was not developed for deaf people but for hearing people of different tribes. It was specifically created so that people could learn a common language even if their spoken languages differed and it became the "lingua franca" of the Plains Native peoples for more than 500 years. Though they did not write their language down, the pictographic system used on the Navajo/Dine "talking" blankets had a one-to-one correspondence with the sign language. </div> <div> </div> <div>Chinese, as well, is a writing system with multiple spoken languages reading the same "symbol" for the spoken word. One can learn written language without necessarily agreeing on how it is "spoken." </div> <div> </div> <div>Sign Writing can help bridge that gap for those whose first language is sign language, or whose first language is a spoken language which for any number of reasons they cannot speak clearly. It is one way to start with
symbols and work to the primary writing system of a given country, without giving up the primary sign language or its unique grammar in the process.</div> <div> </div> <div>So, far from being a "stop gap", I believe that Sign Writing can be liberating to help open up minds to a way to express their beautiful languages.</div> <div> </div> <div>Charles Butler</div> <div><br><br><b><i>Valerie Sutton <signwriting@MAC.COM></i></b> wrote:</div> <blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"> <div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>From: </b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Fernando Capovilla <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:capovila@usp.br">capovila@usp.br</a>></font></div> <div style="margin: 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: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>To: </b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">Valerie Sutton <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</a>></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>Cc: </b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica">List SignWriting <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu">sw-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu</a>>, Capovilla Fernando <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:capovilla@usp.br">capovilla@usp.br</a>></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>Subject: 2 parts: handicapped child & 4th edition</b></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><b>Reply-To:
</b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:capovilla@usp.br">capovilla@usp.br</a></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br></div> <div style="margin: 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: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br></div> <div style="margin: 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: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br></div> <div style="margin: 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: 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: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br></div> <div style="margin: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br></div> <div style="margin: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:fernando.capovilla@pesquisador.cnpq.br">fernando.capovilla@pesquisador.cnpq.br</a></span></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br></div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br></div> <div style="margin: 0px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Citando Valerie Sutton <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:signwriting@mac.com">signwriting@mac.com</a>>:</span></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><br></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px
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: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000dd"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000dd"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch:
normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000dd"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-height:
14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000dd"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000dd"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000dd"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 10px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000dd" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.signwriting.org/brazil">http://www.SignWriting.org/brazil</a></span></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal;
font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000dd"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000dd"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000dd"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px
0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000dd"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 10px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000dd"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px
0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312" face="Helvetica" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:
12px;"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.signwriting.org/forums/teachers">http://www.SignWriting.org/forums/teachers</a></span></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div> <div style="margin:
0px 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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: 0px 0px 0px 20px; min-height: 14px; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#006312"><br></font></div> <div style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 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
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