Originally Posted by deafdyke

What about CODAs? CODAs would be great TODs b/c they are "almost deaf"
Agreed! When people bash bi-bi, they aren't really looking at the reasons why bi-bi doesn't work. Like there are STILL Deaf schools where the teachers aren't fluent in ASL! (my friend attended one) Also, Sign programs tend to be (unfortunatly) dumping grounds for the "oral failures"................the kids who have strong parental invovement, do well usually. But b/c there's such a high number of "oral failures", those kids are overrepresented! It's exactly like taking an inner city school, and how there are some students who do well. Yet MOST inner city students don't do all that well due to various and sundry factors!