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I've often wondered how certain people can read threads like this, and then think that oral exclusive approaches can somehow cover all the bases. Why wouldn't you want to give your kid EVERYTHING? Including a strong social emotional community and sense of belonging?

Yes, but even with that there are still very severe conditions that cannot be adapted to. Most can but if for example you saw a child with end stage Tay Sachs, you wouldn't be all warm and fuzzy. There are always exceptions. Unfortantly there are profound by any definition conditions

Exactly. Severe terminally end stage illness is very different from 95% of the everyday health conditions people deal with.

Also...the number of kids this would affect is very small. It would be rarely seen even in the pediatric nursing home population. Very luckily the extreme profound population is very small. Ever seen end stage Tay-Sachs? Heck it prolly would be rare even in the severe cancer population

Again. It's the terminology that is freaking you out. There are sadly extreme profound conditions. Simply b/c it would exist for those rare conditions is NOT a slippary slope. One wonders if you read up on some of the extreme conditions if you would be so concerned

Yes, you're right. The DB twins had more complex issues going on It wasn't b/c they were DB. I do think they need to be very very careful with euthsania. But euthsania isn't automatically anti abliest b/c there are extreme profound conditions that can and do cause severe pain or profoundly...

I think it's the term disabilities that is throwing you off. Honestly they need to use different terminlogy, like extreme profound conditions. Disability can be lived with. Extreme profound issues cannot

BTW, I know there are lurkers here who are CONVINCED that THEIR path is the right one. I don't get it. Why wouldn't you offer a dhh kid EVERYTHING, so they would have all the tools possible, as well as a vareity of experiences? Speech is only a very small part of the puzzle. Nobody's talking...

*shakes head* No. PHYSCIALLY disabled kids don't generally need specialized programs, unless they are severely affected. PD kids can do pretty well in an inclusion based setting, with a Resource Room approach. I do agree that there needs to be specialized programs for mentally disabled kids...

Exactly. Speech shouldn't be a be all end all thing. Parents need to understand that educating a dhh kid is a LOT more complex then the traditional HOH style interventions. Yes, it's OK if you pursue speech, but please meet your child halfway and learn ASL for THEM. It's only fair. Do not...

I think ALL HOH kids should learn ASL as a given. Like they should attend dhh preschool and be encouraged to enroll in local dhh programs or even SCHOOLS (if available) HOH kids already have the speech skills and the HOH level of functioning, so why not give them ASL, deaf ed, deaf camp etc? It...

It's like something out of a WWII movie! https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/freddie-oversteegen-dutch-resistance-fighter-who-killed-nazis-through-seduction-dies-at-92/2018/09/16/7876eade-b9b7-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html?noredirect=on

I always urge parents of dhh kids to bombard them with EVERYTHING. Meaning, speech, Sign, Cued Speech (I know, I know, but it may help as a supplement) and a variety of both Deaf and hearing interventions, such as schools, camps , social groups etc. I have a parental friend who is giving her...

One of my friends has a little girl with unilateral loss due to what you have. Guess what? She's DEFINATLY going to learn ASL, and go to Deaf camp so she has that at least. The funny thing is the mom was all " I don't know what to do with aiding her!" I told her that the best thing to do is to...

It's a fact. Yes, it's exciting to see new tech. But that means nothing when the gross majority of people cannot afford it.

Welcome!!!!! Are you interested in relocating to other states? How academic is she? (ie college bound, can earn a diploma but prolly wouldn't do well in college) I think Tampa has a sizable program. Really not sure about Florida specific public school programs. But Texas School for the Deaf is...

I know deaf ed resources in Nevada suck. They started a School for the Deaf in Las Vegas years ago, but it closed :( You COULD see about attending MSSD. Then you could learn by immersian. http://www3.gallaudet.edu/mssd.html They welcome new signers. You might also be able to attend California...

(sarcasm) You mean AG Bell was WRONG and I won't automaticly be getting job offers from Fortune 500 companies simply b/c I can speak well? (/sarcasm)

OMG I remember you!