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Valerie Sutton Date: Mon Oct 26, 1998 2:23 pm Subject: Re: Writing SW Literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On Thu, 15 Oct 1998, Ruth Kartchner wrote: >I have to put in my 2 cents worth also. This is something I have noticed >in the stories talked about so far, that there is not a Deaf version of >Goldilocks and other well known characters in children's literature, or >maybe there are, but they have not been mentioned. I worry about that from >the standpoint of maybe not taking advantage of literature to validate the >Deaf culture. I think it's important to do that. >Ruth _______________________ I think this is an excellent point. Deaf role models are important. It all depends on the Deaf author and how they tell the story....I will ask our DAC members what they think of including Deaf role models in our future stories. Thank you, Ruth, for bringing this up... Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton at the DAC Deaf Action Committee for SW SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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