{"id":19795,"date":"2012-08-30T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=19795"},"modified":"2012-08-30T14:31:36","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T19:31:36","slug":"nad-condemns-schools-ban-of-name-sign-for-three-year-old-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/08\/30\/nad-condemns-schools-ban-of-name-sign-for-three-year-old-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"NAD Condemns School’s Ban of Name Sign for Three Year Old Boy"},"content":{"rendered":"

NAD Condemns School’s Ban of Name Sign for Three Year Old Boy<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE: The Grand Island Public School decision to require 3-year old
\nto change his name sign aired on the Today Show (check your local cable
\nlistings for NBC) on Thursday, August 30th, at 8:20 am Eastern time. If
\nyou live on the West Coast, tune in at 8:20 am for an interview with
\nthe Spanjer family! Follow us on Twitter at @NADTweets to get the
\nlatest news.<\/p>\n

The National Association of the Deaf (NAD) condemns the actions of
\nGrand Island Public School in Nebraska to require that a 3-year-old
\ndeaf boy change the way he signs his name. The NAD is prepared to
\nassist the family in responding to Grand Island Public Schools
\nincluding through legal action if the school will not honor its own
\nnondiscrimination policy, and instead misapply a weapons policy that is
\nnot even applicable.<\/p>\n

Grand Island Public Schools claims that the boy\u2019s name sign violates a
\nschool policy on weapons. Section 8470 of the Grand Island Public
\nSchools\u2019 Policies states as follows: \u201cThis policy shall cover any
\nobject or item which could be used to injure another person or whose
\nclear intent is to resemble an item which could cause injury and which
\nhas no school-related reason for being in a school or on school
\ngrounds.\u201d However, on its website, a \u201cNotice of Nondiscrimination\u201d
\nstates that the \u201cGrand Island Public Schools does not discriminate on
\nthe basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion,
\nage or other protected status in its programs and activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The NAD is not aware of any other schools that have banned a name sign;
\nGrand Island Public Schools is likely the first to ever to do so.<\/p>\n

“A name sign is the equivalent of a person’s name. It would be
\ninappropriate for Grand Island Public Schools to prohibit a person from
\nanother country to use in school their own name which they deemed
\noffensive,” said NAD CEO Howard A. Rosenblum.<\/p>\n

A three-year-old student’s name sign would not “injure another person”
\nand is definitely not intended “to resemble an item which could cause
\ninjury.” The NAD calls on Grand Island Public Schools to retract its
\nrequest and issue a statement that respects and supports Hunter
\nSpanjer’s cultural and linguistic identity.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nad.org\/news\/2012\/8\/nad-condemns-schools-ban-name-sign-th<\/a>
\n ree-year-old-boy<\/a><\/p>\n

Links:
\nhttp:\/\/www.nad.org\/news\/2012\/8\/nad-condemns-schools-ban-name-sign-three-year-old-boy<\/a><\/p>\n

Original article related:<\/p>\n

School asks deaf preschooler to change his sign language name<\/p>\n

http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/blogs\/lookout\/school-asks-deaf-preschooler-cha<\/a>
\n nge-sign-language-name-191629255.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

NAD Condemns School’s Ban of Name Sign for Three Year Old Boy UPDATE: The Grand Island Public School decision to require 3-year old to change his name sign aired on the Today Show (check your local cable listings for NBC)…<\/p>\n

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