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Originally Posted by loml
You have made some very valid points rockdummer.
I do not feel that face to face communication needs to be limited. I believe that if hearing parents are aware of all their and their childs' communication options, they can make informed decisions, guiding and learning with their child(ren). This would provide the growing child the basis to choose what fits when.
Unfortunately, the "system" doesn't meet the needs of the parent(s). My experience with various institutions and rehabilitaion centers is that the change must come from the parents. Not by any means an easy task.
Being informed is the first step.
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While I can agree that the system fails to meet the needs of the parents by properly informing them of all options, and the possible consequences of choices, as well as educating them regarding deafness and all of its implications, it is not the parent's needs that are of the utmost importance. It is the child's needs that are of the greatest importance. The change needs to be system wide, and includes the attitudes of hearing society, as well as professional attitudes, toward deafness.