The DAC
Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting
The
Center For Sutton Movement Writing
The DAC is sponsored by the Center For Sutton
Movement Writing, Inc., a USA non-profit, tax-exempt, educational
501 (c) (3) membership organization, founded in Southern California
in 1974. The Center is directed by Valerie Sutton
The Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting was
founded by Lucinda O'Grady Batch, and was later directed by
Darline Clark-Gunsauls. The group was active from 1988-1998.
Deaf people fluent in American Sign Language met in La Jolla,
California, to prepare SignWriting
books, dictionaries, videos, and computer software, and to present
lecture demonstrations and workshops.
Although the DAC no longer meets, the work that was accomplished
by the DAC lives on. Some of the publications made possible
by the DAC include:
The Lessons In SignWriting Video Series
The Deaf Perspectives on SignWriting Video Series
The Learn To Read ASL in SignWriting Video Series
The SignWriting Children's Stories Video
Goldilocks Workbook and Storybooks
Humpty Dumpty in ASL
The American Sign Language-English Dictionary in SignWriting
and many more...
Lucinda Batch
Born Deaf into an all Deaf family, native ASL signer. Grew
up in a residential school for the Deaf in New Jersey. Worked
full-time at Salk Institute in signed language research until
1990, and now works part-time there. Teaches ASL classes. Lucinda
was the first Deaf person hired to work with SignWriting back
in 1981. Coordinated the Deaf Action Committee with Valerie Sutton
in La Jolla, California, from 1986-1988, and became DAC Coordinator,
working with Deaf DAC staff members, from 1988-1995. Lucinda
taught SignWriting on the Lessons In SignWriting Video Series with
Kevin Clark, in 1995. The videos were shown on the KTV Cable
network in 1996.
Darline Clark-Gunsauls
Darline Clark was born-deaf into an all Deaf family. Darline
grew up with her brother, Kevin Clark, in the Missouri School
for the Deaf, a residential school in Fulton, Missouri. Darline
then attended Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, graduating
with a bachelor's degree in Child Development in 1995. Darline
became the director of the DAC , the Deaf Action Committee For
SignWriting, in 1996, traveling to Bluefields, Nicaragua, with James Shepard-Kegl
that summer. There she taught
Deaf students how to read and write Nicaraguan Sign Language
in SignWriting. In 1997, Darline began working at UCSD in
two capacities: ASL Research Assistant to Dr. Carol Padden, in
the Research Program in Language & Literacy and ASL Instructor
in the Language Linguistics Program.
Darline is the author of the new SignWriting Children's Stories
Series, written in American Sign Language. Three stories, Goldilocks
& The Three Bears, Humpty
Dumpty, and Cinderella
are posted on this web site.
Kevin Clark
Born Deaf into an all Deaf family, native ASL signer. Kevin
grew up with his sister, Darline Clark, in the Missouri School
for the Deaf, a residential school in Fulton, Missouri. Graduated
from Gallaudet University in Washington DC with a major in Psychology
in 1993. Has worked full-time at Salk Institute in research,
and part-time as a SignWriting instructor for the DAC since 1994.
Kevin taught SignWriting on the Lessons In SignWriting Video Series with
Lucinda Batch, in 1995. The videos were shown on the KTV Cable
network in 1996.
David Gunsauls
A native of San Diego, Dave graduated from the California
School for the Deaf at Riverside, California (CSDR) in 1981.
He studied at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID)
in Rochester, New York. Dave has been employed by the United
States Postal Service for 15 years. He also owns his own silkscreening
and printing business. Dave is our new editor of the SignWriter
Newsletter, which is posted on the SignWritingSite. He is
also the co-author of Humpty
Dumpty, written in American Sign Language.
Richard Gleaves
Software Developer
rgleaves@SignWriting.org
Software Developer, SignWriter 1.0 - 4.4
Richard Gleaves is the designer and developer of the SignWriter
computer program. Working with Valerie Sutton and the DAC from
1986 to 1996, Richard created SignWriter versions 1.0 through
4.3, first for the Apple II and later for MS-DOS.
In 2000 Richard returned to work with Valerie Sutton on a
new version of SignWriter, version 4.4. New features include
exporting to BMP files and printing to PostScript files (which
makes it possible to create SignWriter documents in PDF format
using Adobe Acrobat).
A resident of San Diego, Richard is a visual artist as well
as a writer and software designer. He has a master's degree in
Educational Technology from San Diego State University.
...related articles...
Program
Description, SignWriter 4.4
...types 17 signed languages & 10 spoken languages...
History of SignWriter 4.4 Development
...from the Apple //e to MS-DOS to Java...
The SignWriting Software Forum
...designing and programming SignWriting software...
Valerie Sutton
CSMW Director
DAC@SignWriting.org
SignWriting was first invented by Valerie Sutton in
Denmark in 1974. It is one of five sections of Sutton
Movement Writing, a system for reading and writing body
movement. Sutton grew up in professional ballet training in Southern
California, and first invented DanceWriting,
preserving the historic Bournonville Schools, a ballet system
used by the Royal Danish Ballet. In 1974, while she was teaching
the Royal Danish Ballet to read and write dance, a researcher
at the University of Copenhagen, Lars von der Lieth, asked her
to develop a way to read and write the movements of signed languages.
This was the beginning of SignWriting.
Sutton has continued to work full time with SignWriting since
1981, publishing the SignWriter
Newspaper from 1981-1984, working with Lucinda O'Grady
Batch to coordinate the DAC in 1986-1988, with Richard Gleaves,
to assist the development of the SignWriter Computer Program,
and with Darline Clark, to develop Children's Stories written
in ASL. Sutton is the sole designer and webmaster of two web
sites: the SignWritingSite and the DanceWritingSite. The first
posting of the SignWritingSite was on September 20, 1996. Sutton
posts free lessons online every first and third Monday of each
month, and hosts the SignWriting Email List, informing list members
about new developments. Write to the DAC for a complete listing
of Sutton Movement Writing publications.
Related articles:
History
of SignWriting
A Global Writing System For A Global Age
Valerie
Sutton's Autobiography
...the inventor shares her dreams...
For more information, contact:
Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting:
The DAC, P.O. Box 517, La Jolla,
California, 92038-0517, USA
Tel: (858) 456-0098
Fax: (858) 456-0020
Email: DAC@SignWriting.org
SignWriting In USA Directory
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The DAC The Center For Sutton Movement WritingThe DAC is sponsored by the Center For Sutton Movement Writing, Inc., a USA non-profit, tax-exempt, educational 501 (c) (3) membership organization, founded in Southern California in 1974. The Center is directed by Valerie Sutton The Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting was
founded by Lucinda O'Grady Batch, and was later directed by
Darline Clark-Gunsauls. The group was active from 1988-1998.
Deaf people fluent in American Sign Language met in La Jolla,
California, to prepare SignWriting
books, dictionaries, videos, and computer software, and to present
lecture demonstrations and workshops. The Lessons In SignWriting Video Series and many more...
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Valerie Sutton
CSMW Director
DAC@SignWriting.org
SignWriting was first invented by Valerie Sutton in
Denmark in 1974. It is one of five sections of Sutton
Movement Writing, a system for reading and writing body
movement. Sutton grew up in professional ballet training in Southern
California, and first invented DanceWriting,
preserving the historic Bournonville Schools, a ballet system
used by the Royal Danish Ballet. In 1974, while she was teaching
the Royal Danish Ballet to read and write dance, a researcher
at the University of Copenhagen, Lars von der Lieth, asked her
to develop a way to read and write the movements of signed languages.
This was the beginning of SignWriting.
Sutton has continued to work full time with SignWriting since
1981, publishing the SignWriter
Newspaper from 1981-1984, working with Lucinda O'Grady
Batch to coordinate the DAC in 1986-1988, with Richard Gleaves,
to assist the development of the SignWriter Computer Program,
and with Darline Clark, to develop Children's Stories written
in ASL. Sutton is the sole designer and webmaster of two web
sites: the SignWritingSite and the DanceWritingSite. The first
posting of the SignWritingSite was on September 20, 1996. Sutton
posts free lessons online every first and third Monday of each
month, and hosts the SignWriting Email List, informing list members
about new developments. Write to the DAC for a complete listing
of Sutton Movement Writing publications.
Valerie Sutton's Autobiography
...the inventor shares her dreams...
Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting:
The DAC, P.O. Box 517, La Jolla,
California, 92038-0517, USA
Tel: (858) 456-0098
Fax: (858) 456-0020
Email: DAC@SignWriting.org
SignWriting In USA Directory
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