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

[Stuart Thiessen]

Yes, the President of IAD is coming to our SignWriting class. Like most
people who see a new thing, he isn't sure about it, but he is open to
learning about it.  I have always teased him about the IAD newsletter.
It is called the _Sign Language_. So I keep telling him, it won't fully
be the _Sign Language_ until it is written in ASL.  :)  He laughs when
I remind him about that.  Who knows?  Someday?

SMILE,

Stuart

On Apr 19, 2005, at 3:59 PM, Valerie Sutton wrote:

> SignWriting List
> April 19, 2005
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> 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.
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> 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 ;-)
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