ven the title---is a quotation from lynn: "Deaf kids are just as smart as hearing kids. With sign language deaf kids can do anything" (cover). Of course, the word "deaf" is too often used in conjunction with "dumb," as in "deaf and dumb." The correct word is "mute." The use of "dumb" implies that the person who cannot speak is not merely mute, but also stupid. That is precisely the myth which the authors want to dispel. Cl