June 19, 2001

Response to Paulettle's letter

Hello Paulette,
We have never met, but I have been watching the action at CSDR from the Bay Area for quite some time. I am a hearing person working closely with the Deaf community. Your dissemination of (seemingly incorrect) information
about Stone's former position at ISD is not only juvenile, it is completely unprofessional. Your comment, "Therefore, the ASL foreign language CANNOT be used in regular classrooms anywhere within the State of California..." is
laughable, discriminatory and just plain heartless - not to mention a poor use of English syntax. I also understand you have experience interpreting at the University level without any formal training and without R.I.D. or
N.A.D. certification. If this is correct, then your arrogance fascinates me! These actions are abhorrent to all of us who work so hard to maintain equality for Deaf people and high standards for children in Deaf education. Along with many other hearing people following this story, I am appalled at how this situation regarding Rachel Stone is being handled. May you and your peers gain enlightenment of your unconscious perceptions in the near
future and soon realize that the answers to quality education for Deaf children are ASL, Deaf administrators and educators fluent in sign language.

Sincerely,
Derryn Grey, CI/CT