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First, I never denied anything about the behavior of those CI users that you've come across. Second, do you honestly think that spewing this type of language is supposed to impress people? Is this supposed to further your cause? It certainly doesn't in my mind.

Your "by any means necessary" actions to fulfill your agenda do nothing but create fear regarding "deaf culture" - it does not make people think they or their children will be welcomed with open arms in a comfortable and loving environment, but rather unfairly characterizes the group as...

Well congratulations. The people who know you well got a huge belly laugh out of your prank, and the parents of children everywhere who don't "know you well"(and who couldn't see through your lies) that come here to learn went to bed afraid that their child might be electrocuted at some point...

You're the one who chose to come to the CI forum and give your "oh-so-polite" comments about you "betting your nuts" that CI users would do this and do that with any study that showed ASL had shortcomings. Looks like you're the one with the "double standard in their attitude and behavior" to...

You are not likely to die from meningitis if you have a CI. Not even close.

Not only can no one provide any link or proof that this is a real study, but if this article actually appeared in anything but an elementary or middle school publication the editors should be fired. The English is horrible and nonsensical. Whomever wrote the above obviously is not a journalist...

It's a collection of quotes from teens with CI's. Call it research if you like, call it a load of garbage, call it whatever you want. I don't care if these quotes were elicited by 25 of the top scientific research gurus in the world, or if these quotes were obtained by walking up to CI teens...

I don't detect Rick being "unclear" on anything, but I do detect sarcasm on his part with his "perhaps" "questions". Look up the definition of research, and then perhaps you'll understand that the word is used to refer to both scientific and non-scientific types of gathered information [was...

I don't consider providing people information on how CI kids feel about their implants "low".

I agree. Similarly, if parents choose not to expose their child to CI's and speech, and isolate their child from the hearing community, the child develops identity problems or adjustment problems, and later in life wants to be a part of the hearing community, and feels resentment for having...

I'm in Ohio as well (Toes knows this already). If there's anything I can help you with please let us know through out blog and I'll get back to you.

I could draw circle diagrams of where the statements are consistent if you'd like. Unfortunately, however, I don't know how to post it.

In the prior post you say you made an assumption, in the beginning of this post you defend your assumption as "valid", and in the end of this post you state that you did not make an assumption. You're just scrambling to find any possible way to avoid admitting that you took Cloggy's post and...

Rick said "by age 4-5 they should be trying other (non-oral) strategies [if there is any problem indicated through close monitoring." Shel thinks that non-oral strategies should be used, both before and after 4-5, with or without problems developing. Rick and Shel both think that non-oral...

I agree here with Rick and Shel as well. It goes back to my original post in this thread regarding the need to know how involved the parent(s)/caregivers were, as well as the other background regarding the child before making an assumption on whether CI's (or any particular educational...

Alas, jillio finally admits the prior high-horse diagnoses of speech patterns and "failure" of oral language (which were not witnessed personally) were ASSUMPTIONS. You read a post by Cloggy and immediately assumed that oral language was failing, and presented it as fact in your reply. If...

You act as if you were there with Cloggy's daughter and have the ability and skill to determine that her daughter's "issue" was not based on fluency. That's an amazing skill. Or is it simply that since "[t]he issues with a deaf individual are completely different tha[n] the issues of a...

There is nothing in my post that attempts to "determine" anything, and no piece of my analogy needs empirical evidence. If the ASL analogy upsets you, simply replace it with uncertainty on how to communicate a word by using morse code through a series of eye blinks, written language, or...

Analogies, by definition, "compare apples to oranges".

I actually think that being bilingual in sign and any spoken language is more valuable than having two spoken languages. There is a greater likelihood of me being able to communicate english with a spaniard verbally as opposed to communicating orally with a totally deaf person who only signs...