<div dir="ltr">Hi, Val,<div><br></div><div>Yes, I'm still working with deaf people on our sister island Ometepe, in Lake Nicaragua (the kids have grown up since I started working with them 15 years ago, so I have to start referring to them as adults). The five who graduated from high school are all just now finishing up studying for two years in various fields: cooking, cosmetology, and tailoring, ready to go out into the workplace. One of them may eventually become a sign language teacher. We have sign language workshops scheduled for the month of January with a great Nicaraguan deaf teacher coming to the island, thanks as always to James Kegl for his assistance. </div><div><br></div><div>I recently turned over the chair of our special needs committee to a team of three people--all very sharp and have been involved with the deaf and blind in various ways. I'm 84 now, sensing it was time to do this so that we had an orderly transition of leadership, rather than waiting. This way I've been able to share all that I've learned over the years and still keep peripherally involved. </div><div><br></div><div>The work you and others are doing with SignWriting is absolutely amazing! This is going to bring about so many new life-changing possibilities for deaf people it's just hard to imagine. I wanted to forward that link to our new committee chair team. One of them was instrumental in teaching the basics of SW writing when we were on Ometepe a couple of years ago, so I'm trying to get him interested in following the SW developments, learning how to use the software so that he can teach that.</div><div><br></div><div>Dale</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 27, 2022 at 9:10 AM Valerie Sutton <<a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org">sutton@signwriting.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">SignWriting List,<br>
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Hello everyone on the SignWriting List and Dale!<br>
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Great to hear from you, Dale. Are you still working in Nicaragua with Deaf students?<br>
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Regarding the link, Thank you for informing me. I too am having problems with the link now, but it worked for me yesterday. I will try to post information about the project in another way later.<br>
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Happy New Year!<br>
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Val ;-)<br>
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> On Dec 26, 2022, at 7:41 PM, Dale Spoor <<a href="mailto:dale.spoor27@GMAIL.COM" target="_blank">dale.spoor27@GMAIL.COM</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I could not access the video—clicked on the link but it did not appear.<br>
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> Dale Spoor, Bainbridge Island, WA<br>
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> On Mon, Dec 26, 2022 at 2:26 PM Valerie Sutton <<a href="mailto:sutton@signwriting.org" target="_blank">sutton@signwriting.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Dear SW List members - So many amazing people are sending me their accomplishments and creativity with SignWriting. Thank you!<br>
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> Here is information from Padilha Leonardo in Brazil:<br>
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> Message written today in Facebook Messenger by Padilha Leonardo:<br>
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> Dear Valerie Sutton<br>
> This is one of the first models of comics found in Brazilian deaf literature. I worked a lot so that the drawings were ready and I could then insert the writing of the signs. Thanks for sharing SignWriting with the world! Thank you for making it possible to read in sign language. yes, please feel free to share…<br>
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