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Originally Posted by faire_jour
My daughter goes to a bi-bi school for the Deaf and she is "on grade level". She has the same language skills as any hearing child, they are just in ASL instead of English. She is doing as well as any Deaf of Deaf child I have seen, and unfortunatly better than any other Deaf of hearing I have met.
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Your daughter is so lucky to have parents who are willing to meet her deaf needs instead of vice versa. I grew up orally without any exposure to sign language nor the Deaf community. I grew up with a lot of serious self-esteem issues cuz I was trying to be "hearing" because I was constantly told that if I worked hard enough, I would be able to hear and talk like my hearing friends. When I was in middle school, I showed a brief interest in the Deaf community and ASL but as soon as I expressed that, I was told that I didnt need it cuz I was too smart for it. After high school, I was seriously depressed and doing all kinds of self-destructive behaviors to get myself to fill the void I grew up with. At the time, I didnt know what was missing...when I finally learned ASL at the age of 25, I realized that it was the void I felt all of my life. Since then, I have found true happiness and self-acceptance.
Yes, I still interact with hearing people...the balance is what I love having instead of being in an oral environment 24/7 like I was growing up. Too hard for me.