Text messaging all the rage for both students and administrators Illinois School for the Deaf

Another deaf-related story!  This is what Kirklees Council need to be looking at when they’re only putting on temporary ‘test’ or trial services.  Clearly there’s a demand for SMS to be implemented as a standard communications medium alongside phone, fax, letter and email. 

Here’s a bit of what the Northwest Indiana Times has to say on the subject:

Many of the state’s tech-savvy deaf teens are smitten with text messaging and the ability it gives them to talk with anyone from anywhere.

Dmitry, 18, a senior at the Illinois School for the Deaf in Jacksonville, reeled off the reasons he’s text-happy: "(My pager’s) small. It’s compact," he signed, communicating through a school interpreter during study hall. "I can use it when I travel. I can use it anywhere."

Dmitry said he uses his pager to connect with his immediate family in Chicago, all of whom are deaf, and deaf and hearing friends across the nation.

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