{"id":5827,"date":"2009-03-24T03:56:06","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T22:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=5827"},"modified":"2009-03-24T08:46:51","modified_gmt":"2009-03-24T13:46:51","slug":"language-rights-petition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/03\/24\/language-rights-petition\/","title":{"rendered":"Language Rights Petition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Language Rights Petition<\/p>\n<p>Please go to the Deaf Bilingual Coalition&#8217;s website to sign the<br \/>\npetition to support language rights for Deaf babies and children.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DChukxoSob\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbcusa.org\/\">Home<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Home&#8221; &#8212; Deaf Bilingual Coalition USA\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dbcusa.org\/embed\/#?secret=zGNmKzTWEr#?secret=DChukxoSob\" data-secret=\"DChukxoSob\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>PETITION<\/p>\n<p>Advocating For Bilingualism-Biculturalism<\/p>\n<p>As A Birthright of Every<\/p>\n<p>Deaf Infant and Child<\/p>\n<p>We collectively call for an end to intolerance and exclusion of<br \/>\nAmerican Sign Language in a Deaf infant and child\u2019s life and<br \/>\neducation.<\/p>\n<p>1) Whereas research has shown that children acquire a natural<br \/>\nlanguage, one that is fully accessible, and that exposure to the<br \/>\nlanguage needs to happen at an early age.<\/p>\n<p>2) Whereas a fully accessible language means one that is easily<br \/>\nperceived and expressed so that the child can acquire it without<br \/>\ntraining. Deaf children are visual children. The primary channel for<br \/>\nacquiring language fully and completely is through visual channels.<\/p>\n<p>3) Whereas American Sign Language, ASL is a natural, visual language,<br \/>\nwhich is acquired through natural interactions with others who use the<br \/>\nlanguage, and Deaf children acquire it in the same way that children<br \/>\naround the globe acquire their native languages. All other methods and<br \/>\napproaches that exclude the use of a natural visual language are<br \/>\nartificial and inhumane.<\/p>\n<p>4) Whereas exposure to this natural, accessible language is a human<br \/>\nand linguistic right and must happen at an early age in order for the<br \/>\nchild\u2019s cognitive skills to develop.<\/p>\n<p>5) Whereas the fluency of ASL has been shown to be the key to ASL and<br \/>\nEnglish (functional, critical, and cultural) Literacy for Deaf<br \/>\nchildren and their overall academic development.<\/p>\n<p>6) Whereas keeping a Deaf child away from sign language and Deaf<br \/>\npeople communicates a denial that the child is Deaf. This type of<br \/>\nisolation from language, identity and culture has adverse affects on<br \/>\nsocial and emotional development and self esteem.<\/p>\n<p>7) Whereas many Deaf adults today intimately know the experiences of<br \/>\ngrowing up without accessible language, without the ability to<br \/>\ncommunicate smoothly with their families, and without being able to<br \/>\nparticipate in social situations through oral\/aural only methods.<\/p>\n<p>8) Whereas there has been a second wave of Oralism (an oral-aural<br \/>\nONLY mandate) spreading across the U.S., which as been in practice<br \/>\nsince the Milan Congress of 1880 with an abysmally low rate of<br \/>\nsuccess. For Deaf children research and years of experience with<br \/>\noral\/auditory only programming has shown that these exclusionary<br \/>\napproaches violate a child\u2019s basic human and linguistic right and<br \/>\nhave been proven to be ineffective for the majority of Deaf children<br \/>\n(Babbidge Congressional Report \u201965, Commission on Education of the<br \/>\nDeaf Congressional Report \u201988).<\/p>\n<p>9) Whereas bilingual-bicultural programs have never EXCLUDED English<br \/>\nand there is ample research reporting their success. (Drs. Jim<br \/>\nCummins, Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, Laura Petitto, Harlan Lane, Stephen<br \/>\nNover, et al.)<\/p>\n<p>We resolve to advocate for the basic inalienable human right to a<br \/>\nnatural and fully accessible language \u2013 to understand and be<br \/>\nunderstood naturally \u2013 to be a part of the Deaf infant\u2019s and<br \/>\nchild\u2019s birthright. Be it further resolved, the EXCLUSION of a<br \/>\nbilingual-bicultural approach to the Deaf child is no longer a<br \/>\ntolerable \u201coption\u201d for civilized society.<\/p>\n<p>Please sign your name to this PETITION to show your support for the<br \/>\nDeaf child\u2019s right to ASL and English <\/p>\n<p>Tami Hossler<br \/>\nEmail: tami@dbcusa.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Language Rights Petition Please go to the Deaf Bilingual Coalition&#8217;s website to sign the petition to support language rights for Deaf babies and children. Home PETITION Advocating For Bilingualism-Biculturalism As A Birthright of Every Deaf Infant and Child We collectively&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/03\/24\/language-rights-petition\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-1vZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33303,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2016\/04\/07\/gallaudets-president-cordano-dispels-the-myths-of-language-acquisition\/","url_meta":{"origin":5827,"position":0},"title":"Gallaudet&#8217;s President Cordano Dispels the Myths of Language Acquisition","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"April 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Gallaudet's President Cordano Dispels the Myths of Language Acquisition Through his tremendous success on the runway and participation in Dancing With the Stars, Nyle DiMarco follows in the footsteps of numerous Gallaudet University alumni who have shown that deaf people can achieve any dream. 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