Guest guest Posted December 31, 2006 Report Share Posted December 31, 2006 Hi , Thanks! I guess I thought there might be some who have done research, sociological type research, on the community. I imagine that the desire to have their deaf and hoh children be oral stems more from the desire to have them be a part of the larger community as opposed to being anti-sign language. Very interesting, your experiences. Thanks, too, for your feedback re: tinnitus and gingko. I will look into that again, why not give it a try as you mentioned! Deb --- M Jansen <nucleus24@...> wrote: > Hi Deb, > There won't be much on the Amish on the web, > because they don't USE > the web that often. Remember they don't have > electricity, or phones in > their homes. Gas lights, and use a pay phone if > required. > Not sure it is doctrine that they don't know ASL, > but the family I > spoke to said that NOT being able to speak was > something they were > against, so they'd do whatever was necessary to have > their child oral. > In this case a CI. They did sign to the child, but > only to emphasize > what they were speaking. > Since the Amish don't seek to convert anyone, > they wouldn't have any > reason to advertise or otherwise promote themselves > on the web. > You might check under " Old Order Amish " , or > Mennonite - which is > similar, but drive cars and use buttons. > OR perhaps under " Plain People " . Amish pretty > much stick to > themselves socially. A lot of their young girls > work as house cleaners > and get rides to and from where they work. No > prohibition on riding in > cars or busses. > > > The Original > > I am very curious about this...the Amish, and > signing > not being a part of their culture? Where can I find > out more? I don't see anything about it on the web. > Thanks! > Deb > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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