[sw-l] Your assistance in a feature on SignWriting

[Valerie Sutton]

SignWriting List
April 19, 2005

On Apr 19, 2005, at 12:54 PM, Stuart Thiessen wrote:
> I presently live in Des Moines, Iowa. I am teaching SignWriting to
> other deaf people in our community. So far, most have been very
> positive about being able to read and write in their own language. So
> it is exciting.  It is a slow process because there is some cultural
> resistance to the idea of deaf people as a minority language
> community, but the reality is simple.  Deaf people are a minority
> language community in each country and SignWriting is another tool to
> support our communities.

This is good news, Stuart...So is the President of the Iowa Association
of the Deaf attending? I believe you told me that IAD might be
attending? If so, any feedback?...  Val ;-)