Jay.Croft@p0.f147.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Jay Croft) (01/26/91)
Index Number: 13208 [This is from the Silent Talk Conference] Not only are poor signing skills a liability, but also written communication can be misunderstood. Some years ago I visited a patient in Harlem Hospital in NYC. He showed me the notepad which he used to communicate with the doctors and nurses. They had asked him, "Did you move your bowels today?" He did not understand that sentence. (For many deaf people, English is not their primary language.) So, I signed to him, "Did you sh-t?" -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!109!147.0!Jay.Croft Internet: Jay.Croft@p0.f147.n109.z1.fidonet.org