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Letter: ‘Every deaf child deserves the right to life, bodily autonomy, language fluency, and to be recognized as a whole person’
Published 5 months ago
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In a letter to the editor, Vancouver resident David E. Poland calls on legislators to fully fund ASL programs at Washington School for the Deaf, condemning the legacy of eugenics and medical exploitation that deprived deaf children of language. He argues every deaf child deserves the right to life, bodily autonomy, and recognition as a whole person. https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/opinion/letter-every-deaf-child-deserves-the-right-to-life-bodily-autonomy-language-fluency-and-to-be-recognized-as-a-whole-person/ #Opinion #LetterToTheEditor #Vancouver #DavidEPoland #DeafEducation #ASL #DeafRights #GallaudetUniversity #WashingtonSchoolForTheDeaf #LanguageFluency #BodilyAutonomy