DeafDigest Mid-Week edition - March 28, 2019
-- Gesture Sign Language is a serious study
A group of Linguistists is studying different
gestures to see if these make sense, as
part of communicating without voice.
It is taking place at University of Birmingham
in Great Britain. DeafDigest wonders if
there is a difference between American
gestures and British gestures. It is not
known, however, if deaf people are involved
with this study.
-- refusing to answer specific questions
It is a scary time in the Deaf Community.
White House's Betsy DeVos wants to cut funding
for Gallaudet, NTID and Special Olympics.
Angry Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI) during a budget
hearing asked DeVos specific questions on
why she wants to slash the budget for these
valued programs. He got nowhere as DeVos
danced around his line of questions.
We will see what happens.
-- school closed up and re-opened
It was learned that in 1930, Arizona
Schools for the Deaf and Blind closed
up. Money ran out to fund the school
operations; teachers were not paid
for three months. Fortunately for
the deaf of Arizona the school re-opened
and while it operates flagship schools
in Tucson and Phoenix, it works with
local school districts to educate
mainstreamed deaf students.
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