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deafdrummer- This is also the part that makes it funny. If you look at how they described their dog (brown, stupid, aggressive, etc.) and think of the image that is portrayed of Muslims (Middle-Eastern, so their skin is brown, stupid, aggressive, and attack people for no good reason) I actually...

The vet said "Muzzle 'im?" "'im" is a shortened way of saying "him"- so the vet said "Muzzle him". When you say "Muzzle 'im" it sounds like "Muslim" (if you say it fast and run it together a bit) so it sounded like the vet was asking if the dog was "Muslim" ("Muslim?"). So, the person...

:lol: This made me laugh! I find myself telling my husband "if we don't figure something out soon I think I will be going deaf too!" I have always had pretty sensitive ears (I pick up on the hum of fluorescent lights which a lot of hearing people don't and other things) and the high pitches...

We have not had any assessments done as far as that is concerned... This is all so new and I don't really know what direction they are taking her in. We have only seen an ENT and audiologist- no speech therapists or other therapists that would do those type of assessments. I am sure that will...

Guess I should clarify that she doesn't have her hearing aids yet... And I guess I mis-spoke when I said "maybe there is too much noise"... I didn't mean it quite that way- because obviously she isn't really hearing anything. I think what I meant is maybe there is too much outside input that...

:ty: AlleyCat- I am learning a lot of abbreviations dealing with d/hh stuff but that is not one I had learned yet so you definitely helped clarify that post for me... I was a little stumped :).

:shock: Holy crap!! :eek3: I think I would faint too!!! :jaw:

:giggle: Nitro, that made me think of my 3 year old. :lol: She doesn't have hearing aids yet but any time she knows she is in trouble or I am trying to get her to do something she doesn't want to, she hides her head/puts her hands over her face or whatever she can do so she won't have to see...

That was a really great Vlog! The way he talks about his experiences and chalks it up to their ignorance is very noble/polite of him. Honestly, I think those people (and people like that) are just jerks! It is not that hard to try to accommodate someone that is different than you (or it...

And to update on the actual "school issues" since that is kinda why I posted this to begin with: I have set up to meet with someone at FSDB mid-March to do a tour and to talk about the school itself (what it offers, academics, etc.) to begin making a decision on what we will do for her for...

I just wanted to say, if you feel you have something to share but you feel that it will not be received well on the forum itself or that some might take it wrong, I am open to receiving PM's- I would like to hear your experiences and what you have learned from them. I do value the input from...

I have to say, I really do enjoy my job (most days love- some days just enjoy). I work for a Domestic Violence Center. For the first four years I worked in the actual shelter (managed it for one of those years- THAT part about killed me, I was real close to burn out before I switched to my...

First off, I feel I should say that I did not mean for this to become a topic of massive debate. I asked for opinions/thoughts, true, but I think that people should be able to express a thought or opinion and that thought or opinion be allowed to stand on its own merrit. I am a smart person...

I just wanted to note that she will most definitely be raised among hearing culture because EVERYONE else in our family/extended family/friends/etc. is hearing. It is not like I would be shipping her off to a residential program at the school where she would live in the Deaf culture 24/7- she...

Going to look at the other links you posted... I replied to your previous post while you must have been posting those links...

Thanks for the information, TXgolfer. I will look into that some more... Although, I don't necessarily think that that means it is not a good school. The areas that have the highest turnover (business services, transportation, and food services) probably see high turnover in a lot of places...

I guess by emphasizing the size of my graduating class I was really trying to emphasize how small our school and surrounding area is (we are definitely not "suburban" or "city" by any means). I actually think smaller class sizes are better for education but also know that just because a class...

I appreciate everyone being concerned about her education- that is definitely my highest concern. Like I have said before, we live in a very rural county. I myself graduated as Valedictorian from one of the high schools in our county but that isn't saying much (I have always been considered...

I consider myself "new to this" because I have not really been exposed to any deaf (or many hard of hearing) people in my life and I definitely have never been the parent of a deaf or hard of hearing person before :). As for the "opinions" I have developed about "audism"- I do a lot of...

I think that is what I meant (not that she is overwhelmed with what she hears as I previously misstated). I do my best to get on her level and make sure she is looking at me when there is something important to tell her (although she will turn her head away if she knows she has done something...