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Article: 'VISUAL TALES' CAN REACH DEAF AND HEARING PEOPLE.(Living Today)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- February 19, 1987
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Byline: Wanda A. Adams Hearst Feature Service
Most of us learn our culture's fables and fairy tales at our parents' knees. They read to us, we hear about the tortoise and the hare, and learn that speed isn't everything. Hansel and Gretel teach us about the pitfalls of being greedy.
But deaf youngsters rarely get the chance to follow the progress of the lovable tortoise or shudder at the wicked witch and her edible house. Even if their parents are fluent enough in sign language to translate stories for them - and many parents of deaf children are not - signing even a short book can be a daunting project.
When you read to a hearing child, explains ...