jag, did you have PMS or something when you wrote that post?.
Oh nice. But no longer a problem for me. ROFLOL.
Yes, but that's YOUR experiance. Everyone with hearing loss is DIFFERENT and responds to hearing technology differently. Lots of kids with mild loss can't really get too much out of hearing aids, but there are other kids who get a ton out of aids! Same with kids with severe and even profound losses. ?.
Yeah so? Exactly where does saying what you quoted get me a lecture on technology and the fact that everyone is different? hmm.
For you
its probaly akin to the difference between a ITE (where you can hear but not as well) and a BTE, for someone who's more traditionally hoh. .
Well I went from a bte to ite then back to a bte then the ci, CI still does much more then any HA ever could.
Yes, back in the '60's and 70's you didn't get treated as MR. That's probaly b/c back then they thought that mainstreamed kids were the smart ones. You have to remember that growing up most kids with "classic" disabilites were sent to special schools.
I have a child with 'classic' disablities so should I say NO SHIT SERLOCK when you decide to tell me that 'back then they were sent to special schools. In FACT a friend from HS had a sister with DS who was a year older then us and yeah she went to the speical school in a different town. Please do not lecture me on the history of 'classic' disablities, I think I might have more experience in one of those 'classics'.
Also LD as a dx was pretty much either nonexistant or emerging, so the kids who required sped services, didn't get lumped into the "dumbass" group. ].
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Ahh, insulting those you concider to be inferior to you again? I did say you should come up with non insulting ways to describe your treatment saying they are the 'dumbass' group is as bad as when Jackie used the word other staff had spoken around here 'bad' to describe those deaf kids who weren't doing well speaking.
I now know why I concider those with 'classic' disablities to be more intelligent then people like you.
Besides, you have to admit that public schools don't do well with educating kids who have differing needs. They are generally set up to educate that Mythical Average Learner. ].
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So? My child with the 'classical' disablity was in her home school until the end of 6th grade. There were good times and some not so good. But she WAS included in class field trips and speicals and even little skits. And she did have kids who played with her.
I'm not downplaying your experiance. I just think that you don't quite realize that while a kid with "classic" disablities can sometimes suceed in just a general education setting with minimal accomondations, a lot of times its very hard. .
We made decisions based on what we felt our daughter with the 'classical' disablitiy needed at the time. We went up against administrators and 'professionals' to make sure she got the accomdations she needed. We did not automatically agree to things we did not think were in her best interest. If they wanted to do something we didn't want we would agree to try it for awhile then decide. That's what a parent is supposed to do, not automatically except someone else's opinion. (I can tell you I really hated fighting them but I did, espcially since the principle always treated me like an emotional woman and my hubby as an equal. LOL )
It's great that you did so well...........but for many other people their experiance wasn't that great. You have no idea how lucky it was that you and your daughter suceeded with just very minimal accomondations. I really think if your daughter had needed more accomondations or help, you might have found her school experiance to be very different. It sometimes seems that you practically need to be a disabilty rights lawyer to get any accomondations.
You know I never said that deaf or hoh kids don't need accomodations. There are many factors in deciding what may be needed. I went to a small school (my graduatiing class was I think 45) My daughters was about the same. It's an area where unless you move (and my dad did move us a few times, but only to rural areas like we left) you have the same classmates from K-12. That makes a hugh difference for social life compared to going with one set of people from k-5 then getting separated from them for the next 3 or 4 yrs and then getting separated again for the last 4 yrs of school.
As for being able to get her accomodations after her hearing problem was diagnosed if she had needed them, I'm not so sure it would have been a hugh problem, I'd already begun to flex my muscle with my younger daughter and they knew I knew what they were required to do. She didn't need them really so I didn't have to.
I'll repeat, PARENTs are the ones reponsible for advocating for thier child. If they can't get what is needed then they need to be willing to take it to the next step. Sometimes just getting an advocate into a meeting gets the results you need. If that fails then going to the next step is necessary. A parent needs to be willing to research and connect with people who have successfully gotten their child what they needed. It's a pain in the butt and I do understand why people don't want to. I did the research necessary for my daughter and We called meetings (was funny when they told me that it wasn't time for the anual review so they didn't have to schedule one
once presented with a request in writing with 3 dates that would work for me the tune changed). we advocated for her needs.
Rather then always complain about what you (and even i and my daughter) lacked perhaps it's time to begin sending parents looking for answers the links and places where they can find the information to begin to be successful.
I won't be on much except for some one weekends now since vacation is over. Didn't do much these 2 weeks since the child with 'classic' disablities was recovering from some surgery, so I had more time then normal to 'chat'.
