Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Learning to read if deaf—how?


[First of all, I am not completely aware of the politically correct terms of people with different disabilities, so I'm just using the word I know here, deaf. If some of you feel it is offensive, please forgive me. I mean no offence.]

I've been wondering about this for a while, but... how do the deaf learn how to read? Lately I've been studying reading in literature (which is my minor) and learning to read was one part of those studies. The POV varied from a child with no disabilities all the way to children with mild-to-mildly-serious mental disabilities, but deaf children were omitted. read more

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