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The Deaf Body in Public Space
by Rachel Kolb
September 28, 2016

“It’s rude to point,” my friend told me from across the elementary-school cafeteria table. I grasped her words as I read them off her lips. She stared at my index finger, which I held raised in midair, gesturing toward a mutual classmate. “My mom said so.”

I was 6 or 7 years old, but I remember stopping with a jolt. Something inside me froze, too, went suddenly cold.

“I’m signing,” I said out loud. “That’s not rude.”

Read the full article, which will give all teachers insight into the worlds their Deaf students navigate and will give special insight to hearing learners of ASL, at http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/28/opinion/the-deaf-body-in-public-space.html?_r=0

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