Research Project on SignWriting...

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
November 1, 2003

Adam Frost, from Granada Hills, California, wrote:

 >>I am doing a research project in my class about sign writing -- more
specifically on why it doesn't seem to be strong in the Deaf Community.
Because when I talk with my friends, of whom are Deaf, they have no
clue what it is and/or don't think it is a good thing. I don't
understand that.
I guess I should give a background on myself. I was born Deaf. I have a
hard time expressing myself in english. I know it doesn't look that
way, but it takes me a long time to put everything in order the way I
want to say it. My search for a way to write sign started when I came
across "The Green Book." I didn't like how it used english words to
write what sign. Because of the great determination that I had, I
started making a method of my own. This was for about 3 years. I ran
into a few problems. I was stuck. Then I mistakenly came across your
webpage. My method was almost exactly the same, except yours was more
developed. Plus yours had a computer program with it. :) So as you can
see, I am very excited about this. However, I have been finding out
that many don't share that same excitement. That is why I am doing this
research: to find out why. If you can help me with this, I would
appreciate it.

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Adam