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Here are a couple of fun facts of sports in deaf history.

The "huddle" was originated by the Gallaudet university deaf football team so that they could sign without the other team peeking.

Dummy Hoy was a successful deaf baseball player credited with coming up with the signs for "out" and "safe".

I believe Deaf children have the right to grow up bilingual. This means the use of sign language and being able to read and write. Trying to force a Deaf person with little to no hearing to talk is quite excessive. It is incredibly hard for a Deaf person to read lips and speak. Also, all the effort into speech therapy could be focused on other areas. I know many Deaf people who did not recieve a great education because most of their time in school was spent trying to learn how to speak. Also, learning sign language helps Deaf children receive a foundation of language during the critical language acquisition period. Teaching Deaf children sign language is extremely advantageous for them.