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Falitz began running seminars for the group, but she never understood why Terrace was hiring people who did not know ASL for an ASL project. Wambach's criticism went further. She thought that Nim should have been raised in a deaf family from infancy. Giving him to the LaFarges was like putting a child in an Italian family to learn German.
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― Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
― Nim Chimpsky: The Chimp Who Would Be Human
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Most Deaf kids have home signs; they develop their own ways to get what they need. I have my own, too. My colleagues in the science fiction world who sign can get my attention, can communicate with me if they really need to. A lot of the signs we use aren't "real," but they're the ones I use, and that's why we use them together. (Page 33)
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― Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism
― Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism
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