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Casualties of our Educational System: The Illiterate Deaf Inmate

Jun 17, 2013deafinprisonorg14 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, Child of deaf adult, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Education, English language, JeanFAndrews, Literacy, Sign language

By Jean F. Andrews Teaching a deaf child how to read and write is an area that has perplexed befuddled and flummoxed deaf educators for hundreds of years. Why is reading so difficult to teach? What is it about the alphabetic code of English traps deaf children, youth and adults into lives of illiteracy? Is

Your Brain on ASL

Jan 24, 2013deafinprisonorgEditorials#JusticeForFelix, American Sign Language, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, English language, Linguistics, Posting Mania - Year 2 Explodes, Social Sciences, Stokoe Notation

By BitcoDavid Have you ever thought about learning a second language? You might be surprised to discover that there is evidence out there that becoming bilingual makes you smarter. It’s true. Neuro-biologists – eggheads who study the Human brain – claim that since so much of our brain activity is language based, by learning a

A Brief Update

Sep 12, 2012deafinprisonorgAdministrative InformationBitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, English language, Felix Garcia, Florida Cabinet, Pat Bliss, postaday, Prison Reform, Sign language

After quite some time, we are finally in a correspondence with Thousand Kites Campaign: Justice Silenced. They publish videos about prison reform and discrimination against the Deaf. I’m in the process of getting them to release some of those videos to us for captioning and publication here on DeafInPrison.com. Pat Bliss’s 22nd chapter of the