Dr. Fleischer’s statement of support

Dr. Fleischer’s statement of support to the Deaf Bilingual Coalition:

Dr. Fleischer sent in his statement of support shortly before the protest began last Friday.

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You have my deepest gratitude for carrying out a very important mission by standing in front of the AGB Conference site to let the whole world know the importance of signed languages for deaf youngsters in their first language acquisition. All the archaic and absurd ideas that result in miseducation of deaf youngsters must be stopped. Future generations of deaf people will appreciate your push toward a clear sense and direction for educating deaf youngsters. There is never a wrong time to do the right thing.

Lawrence Fleischer

[NOTE: Dr. Fleischer did not take part in planning the protest and was not aware of any specific tactics the protesters might use, but sent the statement in as a general statement of support for the concept of promoting the use of ASL with deaf babies and in deaf education generally.]

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Deaf Bilingual Coalition, We thank Dr. Fleischer for his statement of support.

And also special thanks goes to many of you for supporting the Deaf Bilingual Coalition by donating money. We have collected over $1,750 in less than one week and still more is coming in.

Support the Deaf Bilingual Coalition’s work! One way is to donate–by PayPal (and credit cards, too), go to <http://www.cad1906.org (California Association of the Deaf)-click Support for the Deaf Bilingual Coalition on the left side. Checks should be made out to “California Association of the Deaf”(be sure to say “Deaf Bilingual Coalition” on your check) and sent care of California Home for the Adult Deaf,
529 Las Tunas Drive, Arcadia, California 91007

Every dollar donated helps to increase awareness and support actions to ensure that signs are not banned from Deaf children’s lives.
Thank you.

John F. Egbert