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Originally Posted by deafdyke
Sounds like she got brainwashed by the Auditory-Verbal/ Audist/hearing impaired types. There's a site out there, Listen-Up, and it is SO filled with "dhh kids need to have speech and listening therapy 24/7" philosophy.
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I belong to that site!
As a parent of a Deaf child you are told many things but you are NEVER told that your child will be just fine if they never learn to talk. I had to seek out Deaf adults and see for myself that Miss Kat will be just fine with ASL.
That being said, the reason I belong to that site and the reason I have chosen to give her hearing aids and do speech/listening therapy is because it never hurts to offer. I am giving her the opportunity to develop some oral skills, but ASL will probably always be her primary language.