I wholehaeartedly agree with ASL Advocate and abccohen that using sign language AND AVT therapy is important. By limiting the support to one way of helping is going to cause some controversy within our community and within the hearing community.
Please consider contacting National Association of the Deaf to find out about using visual means...such as sign language to give the deaf child a good start in life. Using just AVT will only cause problems when this child grows into an adult...
NAD can be reached at www.nad.org
Please consider contacting National Association of the Deaf to find out about using visual means...such as sign language to give the deaf child a good start in life. Using just AVT will only cause problems when this child grows into an adult...
NAD can be reached at www.nad.org
