Is mainstream good for deaf?

jillio said:
That is a good illustration for the 504 plan that we were discussing under another thread. The 504 plan would grant students such as yourself the right to enter into the mainstream, but provides for no services or accommodations that assist the student in the adjustment to the mainstream.
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Jillio,

I'll have to google that. I really do wish my parents had other options, but they didn't. They were told that if I was to be mainstreamed, I must go to my neighborhood school. They plucked me from one environment and planted me into another. I had no means to slowly integrate into the new environment. I am sure I was told that I was going to a new school, and I probably was excited at first, but once I got there, it was a nightmare. I wasn't prepared for it, and the other students weren't prepared for me. I was the only student in the school who was in a wheelchair, and they simply didn't know how to deal with it. It was hell.
 
Oceanbreeze said:
Jillio,

I'll have to google that. I really do wish my parents had other options, but they didn't. They were told that if I was to be mainstreamed, I must go to my neighborhood school. They plucked me from one environment and planted me into another. I had no means to slowly integrate into the new environment. I am sure I was told that I was going to a new school, and I probably was excited at first, but once I got there, it was a nightmare. I wasn't prepared for it, and the other students weren't prepared for me. I was the only student in the school who was in a wheelchair, and they simply didn't know how to deal with it. It was hell.
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I'm sure it was hell. And its sad that we don't seem to consider these issues when we are mainstreaming children at an ever increasing rate.
 
jillio said:
I'm sure it was hell. And its sad that we don't seem to consider these issues when we are mainstreaming children at an ever increasing rate.
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Then why aren't they ever listening to us deafies? ... it has gone on for SO long.
 
What's so bad about us deafies ... a too-hard basket?
 
Meggie2 said:
Nothing bad about deafness. Just hearing people telling us that.
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This thread is about mainstream school. Not just being deaf. If mainstream programs are good for deaf people. I am old mainstreamed person. You?
 
I met a person recently who was mainstreamed he has hearing aid but his language skills are quite poor and he is even having bad hearing with the hearing aids. He I met in ASL 1 class and he failed the class.
 
Mizzou said:
No one is HOH or Deaf..... it is always Deaf! lolz
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really? lol. For me - deaf means you cannot hear 100% even with technological assistance (what about CI?) but you can for HOH. lol :dunno2:
 
To answer your question, Meggie... Yes I think it's good idea to be on mainstream because we live in real world where it's hard enough to survive. We (the disabled people) need to learn how to get along with mainstream and to function with them. Yes it is hard enough when we're in schools that have ignorant people, bullies, or administrators who are not very helpful.

All my life - I was in public schools. I just graduated from state college as well. My parents fought constantly with school boards for accommodations. In my high school, the school didn't have enough budget for new accommodation since I don't know ASL. The secretary of NJ education department (actually I'm not exactly sure of his position but he's responsible for budget approval) was extremely gracious enough to come down to have a talk with me. Trenton (state capitol) is pretty far! After 5 min meeting, he approved the budget for my accommodation. Back in 90's, things were pretty difficult but it gets easier in 2000's. Most schools are very willing to provide you every accommodations they can without question. I've been to 4 different colleges for summer programs and each was able to provide accommodation immediately without question. Yes there are some you may encounter that are very unwilling or provide you mediocre service. You just gotta fight for it and demand it! Just look at my avatar and that's the game face you gotta put on to people who do not want to help you.
 
jiro123 said:
To answer your question, Meggie... Yes I think it's good idea to be on mainstream because we live in real world where it's hard enough to survive. We (the disabled people) need to learn how to get along with mainstream and to function with them. Yes it is hard enough when we're in schools that have ignorant people, bullies, or administrators who are not very helpful.

All my life - I was in public schools. I just graduated from state college as well. My parents fought constantly with school boards for accommodations. In my high school, the school didn't have enough budget for new accommodation since I don't know ASL. The secretary of NJ education department (actually I'm not exactly sure of his position but he's responsible for budget approval) was extremely gracious enough to come down to have a talk with me. Trenton (state capitol) is pretty far! After 5 min meeting, he approved the budget for my accommodation. Back in 90's, things were pretty difficult but it gets easier in 2000's. Most schools are very willing to provide you every accommodations they can without question. I've been to 4 different colleges for summer programs and each was able to provide accommodation immediately without question. Yes there are some you may encounter that are very unwilling or provide you mediocre service. You just gotta fight for it and demand it! Just look at my avatar and that's the game face you gotta put on to people who do not want to help you.
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So u think mainstreaming is ok even it means putting a deaf childrebn in a very restrictive environment where they dont have equal access to the curriculm as their hearing counterparts do? At the Deaf schools, language is accessible to ALL deaf children at ALL times no matter where they are at in school. To me that makes for a rich linguistic environment for deaf children that they most likely wouldnt have gotten by being mainstreaming. I sure hell didnt! I grew up always getting the info way after my heairng peers did which put me at an automatic disadvantage and I was always trying to keep my head above waters. Instead of learning how to function "normally", I was labeled as socially delayed. Well, of course cuz I didnt have full access to everything so I had to learn after my hearing peers did. It really sucked cuz I am the kind of person who wants to have access to information independently not having to depend on hearing people for it.
 
jiro123 said:
To answer your question, Meggie... Yes I think it's good idea to be on mainstream because we live in real world where it's hard enough to survive. We (the disabled people) need to learn how to get along with mainstream and to function with them. Yes it is hard enough when we're in schools that have ignorant people, bullies, or administrators who are not very helpful.

All my life - I was in public schools. I just graduated from state college as well. My parents fought constantly with school boards for accommodations. In my high school, the school didn't have enough budget for new accommodation since I don't know ASL. The secretary of NJ education department (actually I'm not exactly sure of his position but he's responsible for budget approval) was extremely gracious enough to come down to have a talk with me. Trenton (state capitol) is pretty far! After 5 min meeting, he approved the budget for my accommodation. Back in 90's, things were pretty difficult but it gets easier in 2000's. Most schools are very willing to provide you every accommodations they can without question. I've been to 4 different colleges for summer programs and each was able to provide accommodation immediately without question. Yes there are some you may encounter that are very unwilling or provide you mediocre service. You just gotta fight for it and demand it! Just look at my avatar and that's the game face you gotta put on to people who do not want to help you.
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I'm glad that your experience was positive, but regarding the bolded statement: That is decidedly untrue, especially at the elementary level.
 
jillio said:
I'm glad that your experience was positive, but regarding the bolded statement: That is decidedly untrue, especially at the elementary level.
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I didn't have accommodations because I was still learning sign language and to speak english at time. I was little late at my age to start to learn the language at age 3.
 
Meggie2 said:
I didn't have accommodations because I was still learning sign language and to speak english at time. I was little late at my age to start to learn the language at age 3.
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Yes, you were a little late, but that is not unusual for many deaf childen. I find it sad that you were not provided accommmodations. Even though you were just learnig sign, being exposed to aterp on a daily basis would have increased your fluency at a tremendous rate.
 
jillio said:
Yes, you were a little late, but that is not unusual for many deaf childen. I find it sad that you were not provided accommmodations. Even though you were just learnig sign, being exposed to aterp on a daily basis would have increased your fluency at a tremendous rate.
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My parents thought I spoke very well. Very plainly. I teach volunteerly math and sign language at school and at church.
 
Meggie2 said:
My parents thought I spoke very well. Very plainly. I teach volunteerly math and sign language at school and at church.
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Speaking well doesn't necessarily mean getting access to the curriculm. Accessing the curriculum is a receptive activity. Speaking is not. That's where we make our biggest mistake. Assuming that a child who speaks well is also able to hear well.
 
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