Deaf advocacy groups disagree over use of sign, technology
July 3rd, 2008Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, AP/Chicago Tribune:
Disagreements over the relative benefits of sign language, speech education, cochlear implants and hearing aids were on display at a recent convention of advocates for people with hearing impairments.
A gathering of about 1,500 members of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in Milwaukee last weekend was disrupted by about 600 protesters from the Deaf Bilingual Coalition.
Coalition members, who advocate the teaching of sign language to babies and their parents, complained that they had been shut out of the convention.
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