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Yes, sometimes the womens bathroom is grosser to clean than the mens. For a while, I had a job cleaning at a book-printing plant. The womens room on the factory floor was alway a much bigger, and more disgusting, mess than the mens room on the same factory floor. Those women did some filthy...

I can't say they haven't been responsive. The services (speech and TOD) seem appropriate The accomodations haven't really been tested in practice except for the FM system. We'll see what happens as I talk with this new IEP team. The only people who remain from last year are the TOD and...

He'll be 6 at the end of this month. I think I'll bring him with me, and a bag of stuff to do. If he doesn't want to listen to the talk or be involved, he can color or play. He's quite opinionated, so I'd like to give him to opportunity to "speak for himself". If he'll talk about anything...

I learned of this poem by Mary E. Frye when my maternal grandmother died. It has become one of my favorites and soothes my heart. Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there. I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow. I am the diamond glints on snow. I am the sunlight on...

We're going to set up an IEP meeting soon. Last spring, when getting ready for the yearly IEP meeting, I asked DS if he wanted to go and he said no. I'm sure it sounded like a boring time to him: lots of adults talking. I explained who would be there & what the meeting would be about, but he...

Just a quick check-in... Both HA are in working order. Oticon sent a new one, so I don't know if the right one had something wrong or not, but they kept it. It's an FM+mic program. Audi is leaving the practice; yesterday was her last day. :sad: Not sure if we'll be able to follow her...

Thanks for posting that. I missed the original thread & when it got bumped last month.

There is a Lions camp that offers a week for d/hh kids each summer. They can start at age 7. That seems so young to me. I might have been 8 or 9 before I went to sleepaway camp. How old were you personally or your child when starting overnight camp? We are going to try to do a family...

Somehow, the reality and enormous implications of this had escaped me until just now as I read through the thread for the nth time. :shock:

Thank you for mentioning that. I didn't know. His summer program had Build A Bear come in one day. He made a bear and named it after himself. Perhaps he would like his bear to have HAs, also.

Oh, I'm lurking right now! Not scared away.:giggle: Just a lot of things on my plate, so reading and processing. But I will say that the overwhelming response seems to be, "FM sucks." So, I will definitely keep that in mind. HA back from manufacturer. Appt w/ audi Thurs afternoon. I have...

When carbonation bubbles pop, it makes a noise. I think normally this is very difficult to hear. I only notice it when I have a migraine & then I can hear it go pop, pop, pop from six feet away and it drives me nuts. The sound is like the little explosions in your mouth when you eat Pop...

He had the oticon otter with HAs, but that was never one of his favorites. He still sleeps with a bed full of what he calls his "guys." It's so cute. :giggle: He likes SpiderMan, penguins, bears, monkeys, and sharks. "Beary" and "Monkey" are the main men and always have been. Is it ok...

Oh. Well, that could certainly explain it. Was that true for some state day schools as well? (ASDB has the Phoenix Day School for the Deaf, which is closer to us than the ASDB residential school in Tucson. I actually called PDSD to try to ask questions.)

And I don't take lightly how many people point out how much worse it can get and why. I'm still learning how to navigate all of this, and not sure who to ask and what to ask them. I was frustrated when I called ASDB just to ask a few questions and was basically told, "Your school district...

At what point does a parent say, that's it, his articulation is as good as it's going to get & that's fine, no more therapy? Or how can one know that that point is approaching? As he grows older, of course his opinion will be heard and considered. But, right now, as parents, is it not up to...

He might be. It's not a topic we've managed to sort out. I'm not sure how to approach it with him and not have him give me the answers he thinks I want. Any suggestions are welcome.

I was trying to remember what I was pulled out of when I did speech therapy. I can't remember and I suspect my mother won't. I do remember that I was pulled out of reading to study French for a while and while I liked doing something less boring, I didn't like being the "weirdo" who had to...

Thank you for sharing your thoughts and concerns. I could have chosen my words differently. I probably still won't choose them correctly now. He speaks English now (as opposed to German which both DH & I know and could have taught him, but we don't speak it on any kind of a regular basis)...

There is a small button on the back of each HA that I will assume is for VC, as they are turned off/on with the battery case. In fact, he and I were practicing with the case the other day. For a long time, he had locks on the cases so that he couldn't get at the batteries. Now, one HA doesn't...