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Originally Posted by mbenson5
Hi there to you all! First of all, thank you so much for sharing your information. Your information has been so valuable to learning about this culture and some things I've never even thought of. 
My question this week is: how did you manage communication when you went to school? I guess I am assuming public school like I went to, but now that I think of it, I don't remember any people who were deaf where I went to school. I graduated with a class of 120, so that should tell you something about my rural origins...  What I am wondering is if you had an interpreter, if you attended a school specifically for the deaf, or if you were able to lip read? Thanks again for your willingness to share!!
Melissa  |
Well, been there all. Been to oral school (tried to learn how to talk and lipreading instead of learn how to read and writing) , been to TC program (sign and talk at the same time, I liked it ) been to deaf residental school , only ASL allow (no speech therapy)and fingerspelling was allowed only in my last year of the school before I quit there ( I hate that school) and I finally went to public school with d&dh program and in regular classrooms with interpters. I was much happier and healthy. Graduated top 18th out of 500 hearing kids at high school. Then I went to community colleges ,of course with skilled interpters.
Now u understand why my english suck because wasted 6 years of oral program and damaged during most critical time to develop at certain age.