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Nancy Cole Date: Thu May 25, 2000 10:02 pm Subject: Re: Hello | ||||||||
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Las Cruces is in New Mexico close to El Paso, Texas. In El Paso, they have around 150 Deaf children and a dayschool, but they use SEE. Their reason is that there are many children from mexican families that don't know English, which I don't think is a good reason. A very few Mexican hearing families are just now realizing that "perhaps" ASL is the best way to go in teaching their children (that is here in New Mexico, and El Paso), but I have just recently found this out from a Deaf friend who lives in Juarez, Mexico. The Deaf Community in Juarez is trying to fight for their rights in Mexico, and it looks like it will be a long battle. If IDEA could get through to El Paso, then they would have to change their ways. Anyways, will have to wait and see what happens. My husband and I really enjoyed seeing Sign Writing for the Easter story. I told many of our friends about it. Smile Nancy Cole | ||||||||
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