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Old 10-06-2007, 03:04 PM   #50 (permalink)
jillio
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Originally Posted by deafdyke View Post
Tousi, no, why would they be emotionally immature, just b/c they can't hear? Some of them yes like mainstreamed or formally oral only kids, or kids with syndromes that can cause LD like issues.......but in general kids with just general disabilites aren't more emotionally/socially immature then their hearing/sighted/whatever peers.
Not just because they are deaf, dd, but because of prior environmental influence and langauge delays.
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