Journal entry:
Spent the week in Sacramento with California Association of Bilingual Educators
inspiring - many teachers and administrators working 50+ hours/week for children
Note: Educators, social workers, psychologists, cognitive scientists - ALL agree on a few basic necessities for all human children: Language, relationship to parents, ability to express themselves, respect and encouragement to continue learning - using the curiosity and abilities we are all born with ---- meaning, allowing children to be themselves - the need for self esteem,.....
Very little of this is seen or heard in "Deaf Ed." Deaf children are considered DEAF and all of the attention is on speech and hearing, not language (except through almost inaccessible speech and hearing). Deaf children are not considered human or children first, but DEAF and needing fixing.
Reminder - Tell people about this human rights violation.... how?... where?... to whom??? what exactly would I say???
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