sign language & the brain, & why oral-only was a terrible idea

[memegarden]

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/07/how-deaf-people-think/

Comments

[gement]

Hah. See also "why it's so desperately important to check on the printed language literacy rates and comprehension of printed language grammar in deaf people."

ASL ain't English. The grammar is a completely different animal, which is a huge hurdle when learning to read.

[memegarden]

Yup! As if an English speaker had to learn to write by writing Chinese.

[jehannamama]

Thank you so very much for posting this link.