donotfeedbsugar
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BB HERE!!! I am writing because I am reading this book called "A Journey into the Deaf-World" (which I must mention and thank the other AD users who gave me the different book suggestions in my other thread) which tells about Deaf Culture. I also had to purchase this book for one of my Summer classes which will be in August but I couldn't wait to read it!!!
But let's get to the matter at hand. I couldn't help but ask everyone in AD what did your parents think when they found out that you were Deaf/HOH. In the Deaf-World text, some really didn't have good stories to share of their parents finding out that their child is Deaf/HOH. Here is one scenario:
Hearing Parents have a Deaf son that they attempted to communicate with at times. As the Deaf son grew older, he found love with a Deaf lady and they had a baby. Doctor reported the "bad news" that the baby was Deaf which elated the Deaf parents. They had the baby and the Deaf son invited his parents down to see the newborn. They came through, saw the baby but laid him in his crib to sleep as they all went into the other room. The Deaf son was wondering at times why his father kept leaving the room so much and finally decided to follow him and saw to his despair that he was clapping loud over the babies head (who was still asleep) and came to the conclusion that his parents still has not accepted his deafness. Dang...I THOUGHT THAT WAS DEEP..yet terrible.
So you know I had to ask my parents (long story short if you don't know my story...got meningitis when I was 4, turned HOH, the end) what their reaction was. They immediately stated that they were shocked because prior to all of this I was speaking, hearing and talking. Now they were in shock because they were saying I won't be able to speak, hear, talk, run, skip, hop, jump, blink...basically all of that (which I can do by the way..bs doctors). Their main answer was that they were in shock because so much was going on and they were taking so much blood from me and that I was crying so much that they didn't really make a huge deal out of me not being able to hear AT THAT TIME. They just wanted me to get better. After all of that, their reaction was...it is what it is. Let's do this. So my parents reaction really wasn't so bad.....
What about yours?
But let's get to the matter at hand. I couldn't help but ask everyone in AD what did your parents think when they found out that you were Deaf/HOH. In the Deaf-World text, some really didn't have good stories to share of their parents finding out that their child is Deaf/HOH. Here is one scenario:
Hearing Parents have a Deaf son that they attempted to communicate with at times. As the Deaf son grew older, he found love with a Deaf lady and they had a baby. Doctor reported the "bad news" that the baby was Deaf which elated the Deaf parents. They had the baby and the Deaf son invited his parents down to see the newborn. They came through, saw the baby but laid him in his crib to sleep as they all went into the other room. The Deaf son was wondering at times why his father kept leaving the room so much and finally decided to follow him and saw to his despair that he was clapping loud over the babies head (who was still asleep) and came to the conclusion that his parents still has not accepted his deafness. Dang...I THOUGHT THAT WAS DEEP..yet terrible.
So you know I had to ask my parents (long story short if you don't know my story...got meningitis when I was 4, turned HOH, the end) what their reaction was. They immediately stated that they were shocked because prior to all of this I was speaking, hearing and talking. Now they were in shock because they were saying I won't be able to speak, hear, talk, run, skip, hop, jump, blink...basically all of that (which I can do by the way..bs doctors). Their main answer was that they were in shock because so much was going on and they were taking so much blood from me and that I was crying so much that they didn't really make a huge deal out of me not being able to hear AT THAT TIME. They just wanted me to get better. After all of that, their reaction was...it is what it is. Let's do this. So my parents reaction really wasn't so bad.....
What about yours?