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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed May 5, 1999 3:38 pm Subject: Re: Questions About SW | |
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>"My question is has there been an increase of books published by Deaf people >using the sign writing method?. Also do you know if sign writing will be >recognized at the governamental level in the near future?" > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks for this question. I have no idea whether SignWriting will be recognized at the governmental level....maybe someday - who knows? It depends on the country and their internal structure. In the USA, American Sign Language itself has had to fight to be recognized at the governmental level, and people have been fighting for that for years. So I am happy to know that individual schools are using SignWriting. Yes, there is an increase of publications by Deaf people. People use SignWriting all over the world, and they do not always tell me what they are doing - But everyday I receive email from people telling me they have written "this" or "that" in SignWriting...and it always amazes me. I hope that more and more Deaf people will contribute articles to our web site. Do all of you know that we have a "Deaf Authors" section on the web? These particular articles are not "translations" of well know works. Instead, they are original documents composed by and for Deaf people. This is what we have up on the web at the moment. Someday I would like to add Deaf poetry etc.... Deaf Author's Series Directory https://www.SignWriting.org/authors.html Deaf Author's Series "Deaf Protest at Gallaudet" by Kevin Clark https://www.SignWriting.org/gally01.html Deaf Author's Series "Fond Memories" by Paulette Sottak https://www.SignWriting.org/fond01.html Deaf Author's Series "The NAD" by Donald Baer https://www.SignWriting.org/sw170.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org The DAC, Deaf Action Committee for SW Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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