[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Sign Language
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 23:13:00 -0700 (PDT)
This is probably a dumb question, but is
finger-spelling what it sounds like? forming the
letters of a word in a person's palm? In the movie
Miracle Worked Annie Sullivan seemed to do it so fast
into Helen's plam I thought maybe it was some kind of
shorthand.
Cindy
--- Lora <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have a story to tell about sign language. I
> attended public school, but
> up through sixth grade, I spent one hour a day in a
> resource room, learning
> Braille, typing, and other blindness skills. I
> learned to finger spell.
> One of my closest friends was dyslexic, and in a
> wheelchair, but had normal
> vision. Because of her dyslexia, she would come
> into the resource room to
> work on reading and spelling.
>
> Our primary instructor was blind. When Michelle got
> stuck on a difficult
> word, she'd tap me, and I'd finger spell how to
> spell it.
>
> It was very very bad, but we were kids, what can I
> say.
>
> I never did learn more than finger spelling, because
> as several have said,
> much of sign language includes posture, subtle body
> movements and facial
> expressions that, no matter how talented we are, are
> just darned difficult
> to observe without vision.
>
> Lora
>
>
> _____
>
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Kellie Hartmann
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 11:52 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT Sign Language
>
>
> I think it would be good if I could learn finger
> spelling at least, or the
> kind of signing that deaf/blind people use with each
> other. But as for ASL,
> I don't see much point because I would be able to
> talk but not listen. If I
> knew any D/B people locally, I would definitely try
> to learn.
> Kellie
>
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