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Originally Posted by shel90
Ok Cheri..no problem.
Just I am a little senstive about the subject of hearing children's delayed spoken language due to the parents' deafness. In the past year, I have had people (not on AD) tell me that my son's spoken language is delayed cuz I am deaf and that I shud not be signing to him and shud be using my voice only. They don't even bother to ask if I use only ASL with him or not. Whatever happened to asking first before making assumptions. LOL.
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Originally Posted by Cheri
Oh, I understand. I'm sorry to hear that, I wasn't aware that it had happened to you and I've had some deaf people telling me I should have teach my sons sign language, and how I'm not even accepting my deafness when it's really isn't about me, it's about my sons who happen to be hearing.  |
We just can't win! If we go one way, they blame us. If we go other way, we get blamed also. Go figure!