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Yep, there are times I feel like telling some of the parents of our deaf students that they need to stop wishing for the day their kid will hear and talk like hearing children and to pls start learning sign language for their sakes! Parents who are in deep denial for too long hurt their children in the long run.
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OMG YES. It does seem that a lot of the parents are still really grieving about their child's disabilty. Then again, this type of thing isn't exclusive to parents of dhh kids. I see parents of wheelchair/walker users wish that their kids could walk, I see parents of blind/low vision kids avoiding things like cane travel, Braille etc. I see kids with mild issues being taught that the only thing important is to function like a non disabled person.
Yes, I understand the grief..........heck it took me YEARS, like until I was a teenager, to come to terms with the fact that I'm hoh,/otherwise different. I understand...........but doing something "differently" isn't that big of a deal.