13. The acquisition of a natural sign language should begin as early as possible in order to take advantage of critical period effects.
14. The natural sign language acquired by a deaf child provides the best access to educational content.
15. The learning of spoken language for a deaf person in the process of learning a second language through literacy.
16. Sign language and spoken language are not the same must be kept separate in use and in the curriculum.
17. The full human potential of the deaf can be realized only if they are allowed to develop language and cultures in which sound plays no significant role.
18. Deaf people have sharp eyes, hearing people have sharp ears so it is the same really.
19. Sign language helps deaf people break through their isolation and facilitates integration into society.
20. To prohibit the use of sign language in a group or in education is linguistic Genocide.