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Article: Employees learn sign language. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)
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- September 1, 1992
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Learning to let their fingers do the talking was the goal of a group of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees who wanted to be able to communicate better with hearing-impaired coworkers.
The class of about 18 students met two nights a week for 10 weeks to learn American Sign Language. The group was composed primarily of staff from the Vicksburg District's Regulatory Branch plus two from the district Equal Employment Opportunity Office, two from the Waterways Experiment Station EEO and one person from the district engineer's office.
The primary catalyst behind the class was Freda "Bunny" Stringer who has been deaf since age 5. A permit processor in ...