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I hope they will eventually realised that they DO need to be supportive. Daughter may not be thinking through when she said that. Hopefully she will realised her mistake and do what she can to be supportive. Good luck!

Congrats naisho!

Post 16 education. Finish school at 16 years old and sixth form is for 17 years old want to stay school another year or two then go College or Uni or Work.

So true! Also siblings may picked up how adult family members treated deaf kid in events like this and thinking it okay to bully or whatever bad they do.

Yeah and all noise around you! No peace.

That so bad. Those kids look like had to use poorer quality of terps.

Cashiers or strangers: This always works for me best, if they talk to me I just put my hand over one of my ears and shake my head and they shut up pretty quick and do their job, whatever that is.

No for me. I born Deaf and never had any hearing. If I suddenly be hearing I think I hate it and it be way too odd. It will give me head poor headache!

That not nice of them do that. I had people do that but different reason from you. They just test me say something with voice and repeat without voice, then ask me if I hear them, I told them no I can't. Then he ask which one did he speak with no voice, I asked him why would he do that? It...

Yeah and just because deaf kid looks like doing alright doesn't mean they are, lot of deaf kids know how to survive in mainstream, know how to avoid get into trouble and extra work from teachers.

Some funny, some scary and some just plain weird! Lol!

Mother looks very defensive and trying making it sounds like she got no choice what happening........... No matter how well he/any deaf kid can speak they will ALWAYS struggle in mainstream with communication and understanding to learn from teachers. So many people are so determined to make...

At least he learning sign. Wonder how long it last? Lot of parents start sign and give up when their kid start to talk thinking don't need sign no more.

You need find way to persuade them put CC on tv. You could try any of those: 1) Get them watch TV with no sounds on and see how they like it. 2) Tell them that you will on, on, on asking them what characters saying on TV if there no CC cos you can't understand and tell them you leave them...

Kids so say funny things esp when they serious. Can be so funny.

Wow, I hope I never meet cop challenge me do everyday life things.

I noticed that too with hearing people. One hearing people I know was talking other hearing person and that person was laughing at her way saying "bath" cos she do northern way. When that hearing person gone, I ask her why that person laugh at you, she told me cos she say "bath" different. So...

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I used to do spelling test really well at school cos I memorised words and when I get new paper of new words I forget week before words. So really I am rubbish speller, just good memory when I need it.

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