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Ah, yes--that "perfect achieving student" image--that is the image that MOST kids are expected to live up to in America--hearing or not. Wow, we could really go on and on about that--the "status" of star athletes(beginning in Little League!), the kids who get into "prestigious" preschools(and...

I get what you are saying--build a good foundation first before sending them out into the bigger "real world" of mainstreamed public schools. However, I have also seen the flaws in this approach--mostly regarding social issues, but some academic issues as well. Of course, for some kids, a deaf...

Having the attitude of superiority and/or paternalism will get people rejected in MANY realms of society--it is a HUGE "turn off" socially and should be avoided at all costs, of course. I am currently dealing with people who have that attitude in the religious realm of my life. Basically, the...

As long as the "agenda" allows people like my daughter to be accepted into BOTH the hearing world and Deaf world, then all is well. As long as the hearing world accepts her and she can continue to communicate in spoken English, then all is well. As long as the Deaf world accepts her and she...

Since my name was mentioned I thought I would respond. I never said ALL kids who benefit from hearing aids or CIs learn to speak well--some do and some don't, that is definitely true. I will never assume ALL this or that--there are too many variables. Sadly, there are some people who DO speak...

First, I want to say that my daughter DOES hear wonderfully with her hearing aids--so much so that she is NOT a candidate for a CI (too much hearing). She DID learn English by listening to it--and I sure did have fun interacting with her as she learned! :) I realize that not all kids with a...

AHH...now I see what you were saying! Ahh--you meant that you hope kids aren't learning English simply by watching tv, right? Oh...ummm...sorry! I totlally agree with that--hopefully kids aren't learning language only from tv!! BIG SMILE! It felt like you were saying the things I did to...

Where is the negative in a language-rich environment?! Umm...yes, they DO learn by listening and hearing--umm...what do you think is so negative about having fun with children, playing with children, reading to children, and talking to children? Have you ever met any hearing kids who are...

Maybe the key here is the perception about WHAT is done once they DO hear with hearing aids or CIs. I also have a hearing son--if I had not talked a lot to him, played a lot with him, read to him, and "bathed" him in the English language, he would not have developed such great English either...

Also wanted to clarify that it was NEVER my intention to say one is better than the other--although, there HAVE been people who have implied that ASL is better than English for ALL deaf and hard of hearing people--the reverse of what you are saying was implied. Here's the thing--for MANY "deaf"...

Shel, I didn't mean that parents who cannot speak should suddenly be able to--what I meant was, they need to be sure that their hearing children are exposed to oral language as much as possible. I have met Deaf parents of hearing children--they are proud to be ASL only--they rarely socialize...

Communication is the key! BTW--it is NOT ok for hearing parents to NOT communicate with their child if the child's main language is ASL, and it is NOT ok for Deaf parents to NOT communicate with their child if the child's main language is spoken English. That IS where the problem occurs--if...

*Quote from faire_jour: Our focus is the ability to communicate. She was able to request a cookie when she was 18 months (BEFORE we found her hearing loss) only because of ASL. We never lost the ability to teach her rules or for her to tell us that she didn't like the taste of potatoe soup...

Quote from Rick * In both individual and group settings the "therapy" was play based. For instance her private therapist would often sit and play with my daughter's Barbies and "teach" language to her in that setting or play games. * For my daughter, playing with the Fisher Price and Little...

You go girl! :) You are part of that younger generation that is tolerant and accepting of BOTH ideas--and you seem to be happy fitting in with BOTH sides. I think that your generation is teaching all of us older people a lot! :) I love your words: Deaf Proud AND Hearing Proud! There ARE people...

Measure of Success To me, the measure of success should be: happy, healthy, productive member of society. There are many ways that all of these things can be accomplished. That, of course, brings it all back to something said at the beginning of this thread--each unique child should be...

I am SO SORRY that you and your daughter were treated that way!! I am also SO SORRY for the "oral deaf" who are treated badly by those in the Deaf community who think ALL deaf people should sign and not use their voices. BOTH of those situations are SHAMEFUL and do not show TOLERANCE of...

Hi! So you are about to begin high school--how exciting! I wish you all the best! My daughter is one year younger than you--she will be in the 8th grade in the fall. Will there be any other deaf students at the high school? That is my daughter's number one concern--deaf girls to be...

Through AG Bell, we met MANY deaf people who were oral--it wasn't just hearing parents and deaf children--we met lots of oral deaf adults. Watching deaf people dance to music at the family dance--talking to deaf adults who are HAPPY to be able to hear and speak--listening to deaf people talk...