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Originally Posted by loml
SxyPorkie,
That was then.... this is now. I am sure at the time parents did what the "professionals" said was the "right" appraoch to use. ASL is an awesome communication tool, but rarely alone makes for literacy in English.
Children must have all the tools they need. Parents are not told all the options available to them, at least not in my area. Professioals who have spent their lives working with "oral" education are not likely to change their ways now. I know a few who I would surely love to see retire.
I believe that if communication, language and inclusion could happen quickly for doh children, the stress level in the home would drop.
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It is not really oral deafies s fault... yes it was their heaing parents and also their doctors... all of my oral deafies told me that they were not allowed to learn ASL,,,
What more.. my daughter was an interpreter at elemetary schools ... she told me that most of deaf children's parents did not want their children to learn the sign langauges at all.. the parents wanted them to learn to speak,, no sign langauges allowed!!
It is still going on in the elementary schools with deaf children.. their parents are still against ASL. they expect that their children only can learn to speak...
Thanks!!
SxyPorkie