Re: CHAT: My new treasure

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> Oh! About the issue of naming in sign language. I
> know that signers of LSF
> refer to themselves (and to other people, even
> non-deaf) by names formed of one
> or two signs standing for an obvious physical or
> mental characteristics of the
> person, or a translation from the etymological
> meaning of their name in French.
> Famous people usually get a single character to name
> them, rather than being
> spelt. I was wondering if it's done the same way in
> other countries.
>
> Christophe.
>
At the daycare I worked at we had a severely autistic
boy named Logan, basically nonverbal with minimal sign
abilities.  We would sign his name by shaking the "L"
at the right temple, where the "male" sign is made.

Clint

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