“There is no limit anywhere. We can practically do anything that we want to do. If you want something bad enough you can have it; if you can think about it, you can surely achieve it.”By Sharmain Grainger“Our school system has failed our deaf people.”Quincy RichardsThis notion has long been recognised by Quincy Richards and has been a tremendous bother to him. It is no wonder that he is part of a movement to help incorporate, into the public education system, an Adapted Deaf Curriculum.What’s interesting about Richards, though,
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