Recent content by happyfrog

that is our plan - to always put ASL first. i've been surprised by the number of hearing folks who work with/around Deafies who disagree with me on the ASL first decision. these same folks would NEVER say such a thing to a kid learning mandarin or spanish as first language. add'l languages...

this is actually why the deaf school is AWFUL after 4th grade or so. because all those kids get transferred into the school after spending first 5 years in a hearing school with a terp (or nothing). they don;t have language. it breaks my heart to know of so many situations like that. i...

hi! sorry for delay in replying. responses: my son is asl only - no english/oral speech. we decided to stop all speech therapy - it was a waste of his time - he had no interest or desire to 'get it' so why push it? he can learn oral language later on if he wants. he has a language - ASL...

hi, again! so sorry i don't post much - it's amazing how busy i get with the kids. latest update - darren (spouse) went thru terp program. finished in march. technically he 'failed' - he got B's in practicum 3, but teacher felt he was not proficient enough for terp degree and changed the...

I just stumbled across this thread and did a local library loan search - my library (and interlibrary loan service) does not have any of these movies, so I've requested they purchase them. They replied that they will. :) So thanks for mentioning this as I never would have known about these...

Ohio school for the Deaf. yep. just finished iep for that school as we live in a different district. never heard of st. rita's. i don't think that's near me.

10". (it's the small netbook).

i just found this site. Children Literacy With ASL Joint Project Between callVRS and Project N.A.D.I.N.E. we got our son a VRS when he was less than a year old. we didn't use it much - truth be told, we use it VERY infrequently - but expect to utilize it more as my son is elementary...

yup that man is mine. :) he's an awesome, incredible, amazing, fantastic, gentleman. gosh i could yammer on and on about him, but i need to get dinner on the table. . . . blessings!

hi, everyone! thank you for the warm welcome! i haven't been back here in years after this post - two young children became three young children. :) i'm the mommy to 2 hearing kids, 1 Deaf kid. middle kid is Deaf. (as you knew from orig post when i found this forum and posted shortly after...

I just found this forum thru a google search. Hope it's ok if I lurk here and learn from ya'll. My 5 month old (will be 6 months old on the 16th) is severe to profoundly deaf. I and my family plan to learn ASL and make that our primary language at home so that he will learn his language...