History of British Sign Language (BSL)?

[Frank]

Right,
   I noticed the memorial for her in the BSL web site.
   Did you also know Britta Hansen, Val, the Denmark Interpreter?
   Love, Frank
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Valerie Sutton" <sutton at signwriting.org>
To: <sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu>
Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2006 12:37 AM
Subject: Re: [sw-l] History of British Sign Language (BSL)?


> SignWriting List
> April 1st, 2006
> 
> Frank wrote:
> > Has your French student tried the internet Web
> > for a site for the British Deaf Association?
> 
> Thanks for the information, Frank!
> 
> Smile...the student is not my French student! I have never met her  
> before. People write to me all the time for general information, and  
> so we try to help when we can.
> 
> It was great that you mentioned Mary Brennan. She was a part of my  
> early career when I lived in Denmark, I visited her in Scotland and  
> presented at her lab, and we also met several times in Copenhagen  
> while I was teaching there...SignWriting was used in the Danish  
> School System to teach Deaf children from 1982 to 1988...so I was in  
> Copenhagen training teachers at the time...we shared common friends.  
> I was sad at her recent passing...Val ;-)
> 
> 
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