The Human Right to Language: Communication Access for Deaf Children

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

! ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to thank Deirdre Mullervy and Karen Schoen for their steadfastness and professional skill in editing my writing, and Ivey Pittle Wallace for her support from the beginning, her patience with my impatience, and all-around ability, creativity, and insight. I thank Gallaudet University for my appointment as the 2004– 2005 Powrie V. Doctor Chair. My year at Gallaudet was a joyful experience and it provided me the time to research much of this book. I send my appreciation to Jay Innes and Joseph Fischgrund for their longstanding support of the work I have done and their help in developing the kind of language-driven educational paradigm that deaf and hard of hearing students deserve. To my friend and colleague Ron Stern for whom my admiration has no limits. As always, to my wife Gail. This book is written in memory of my beloved daughter Catie. Her smile remains vivid and guides me. ...