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    Non verbal son, trying to learn and teach ASL

    We have looked into the one Deaf school here. There is another one 2 hours away. If it was a PERFECT match, we would consider moving. Well I shouldn't say I've looked into it, I've read about it online but with it being summer, I haven't received any info back as to whether they will even...
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    School pay 1 millions settlement to Deaf student

    The school district is definitely at fault. But where was the mother all of those years? One cannot simply hand their child over to the school district and not play an active role in their child's education.
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    Non verbal son, trying to learn and teach ASL

    Yes, his only issue is verbal apraxia (some have global apraxia where it affects motor planning of the limbs as well as speech). It does not affect his cognition or anything else. Being his mother, I like to believe he's rather smart:D It's rare, and even more rare that it occurs by itself...
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    Non verbal son, trying to learn and teach ASL

    Well thanks everybody for the warm welcome!:wave: I was a little hesitant, because like I said, I had been told by some others who are supposedly "in the know" that it was somehow taboo. I was scratching my head wondering why deaf or HoH people wouldn't want more people they could communicate...
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    Non verbal son, trying to learn and teach ASL

    Hi there. I hope this is the place for me. My son is 3.5 and largely non verbal. I suspect apraxia but he has not been formally diagnosed. We have taught him signs since was 6 months or so, just as we have all our other typically developing, hearing children. About 5-6 months ago, we had...
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