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Your article on deaf Americans and AIDS was the first I've seen you print on issues related to deaf people ((SOCIETY, April 4)). Too bad you had to make us look as dumb as rocks. While we're not all illiterate simpletons, there is some truth to your article. How about a follow-up on why America finds it so difficult to educate its deaf citizens adequately...
...deaf teenagers, we found your report insulting and inaccurate. We know what HIV positive means. We understand how AIDS is transmitted and how it can be prevented. Thanks to the closed-captioning of TV broadcasts, deaf people are aware of social issues as well as what's happening in their communities. Our school has a state-mandated AIDS curriculum. Passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act has finally given deaf people the break they deserve...
Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf...
...whether their jokes fall on deaf ears ornot, one thing's for sure. The Einsteins andFrankensteins of scientific institutions willcontinue to preserve their unique traditions ofhumor...
...Americans rights that are automatically granted to others. The Supreme Court has already overruled lower courts that used the primary- effect criterion to outlaw voluntary religious clubs in public schools, rental of public schools to churches on the same basis as other community groups, and help for blind and deaf students attending religious schools...