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ChasingRainbows, I worked the ICU for many years and have seen countless people die of liver failure. It is by far and away the most brutal death I have witnessed and I have witnessed a lot. Rather or not your drinking is the initial cause of your liver failure at this point continuing to...

It's been a crazy week! Sorry for the very slow reply. We have a tour with Happy hands next Tuesday! It's really expensive, but they have scholarships available. I hope he will qualify otherwise we won't be able to afford it. You are absolutely right. We are lucky to have a deaf ed opportunity...

You are right. As I have searched for resources a lot of the information seems geared toward kids with multiple diagnoses. It makes it hard to know what applies to Gunnar and what doesn't. Some of it obviously doesn't fit, some of it is questionable. It's made me a little paranoid we've missed...

LOL! I know! Aimee seems so boring now! :laugh2:

Very cool! Congrats auntie to be!

Reba knocked that one out of the park! I'm excited to have a name sign to teach him! :D

Happy Hands Education Center! That is awesome. I wonder why it didn't come up when I googled local deaf schools? Thank you! Yes, he is very high functioning. In fact, the only thing he can't do is speak. He says Ma, Da, Do (dog without the G on the end), Ba (which he uses for bad and bath) and...

Oh! I like that one. Gunnar means warrior, so power is a good fit. So do I just do the hand movement like I'm outlining a big muscle while making G-hand? That would be good with his fine motor issues as well. Thank you for the help!

Thank you very much! We are pretty wild about him! He is our miracle baby... We tried for 14 years to have a child. I got pregnant on my final attempt. I was done and then here he came. So very worth the wait.

I got good news today, our local birth to three year program agreed to re-evaluate Gunnar taking into account his SLPs findings and I found a local free ASL class I am waiting for a call back on. I like progress...progress is good.

I learned that some times being a pain in the booty pays off. The whole squeaky wheel gets the oil phenomena...lol.

Thank you so much!

I certainly haven't found a lot of learning resources here in Oklahoma. I've bought books and videos and luckily we have watched baby signing time his whole life and used a few basic signs so we aren't introducing a completely unfamiliar concept to him. I did not think to look for a local deaf...

I was worried about shaking his letter since that is the sign for green (his name is Gunnar). I've seen some name signs where the person looks as though they are running their letter down their cheek. Is that correct? Would running a "G" down his cheek conflict with any other signs? Thank you...

So far his only diagnoses are the probable apraxia and delayed fine motor. They won't lock in the apraxia diagnosis until he is closer to 3 unless an official diagnosis will help him get more resources. Because he appears to be quite intelligent and can't speak (he has no clear words that he can...

Hi, I am new to signing due to a recent diagnosis of apraxia in my toddler. I actually have a couple of questions I would lover some guidance on. Apraxia affects both speech and in some cases, like Gunnar's, fine motor skills. This has made some signs very difficult to teach. Has anyone had...