imdeafsowhat
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EXACTLY! its predominately hearing, so therefore, in general circumstances, its best to have the child start with spoken language. Since that is probably the most challenging. My philosophy is meet the strongest challenge head on! And then implement ASL into their learning. then viola! they got the best of both worlds the worst thing u can do to a child is isolate them.
I once tried to isolate myself, but my mother was like, "why?" I answered, "because I'm different." She said, "Being different makes us who we are. Not only that, but what we do shows who we are truly." I answered, "But what I do is ignite agruments that I'm deaf and I can't do anything." She again said, "What you do is who you are, don't forget. It may affect your life, it also may not. What really matters is what you do when things happen at the moment."
Then when I graduated 8th grade, I was given this quote that stuck in my head after all those years; "The past is history, the future is a mystery, today is a gift; that's why we call it the present."
And just recently I watched Lord of the Ring: Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf once told Frodo, "It doesn't matter what will happen, or how it was brought upon you, what matters is what you do with the time given to you."
Need I say it all?
Spoken Language as primary and SEE as secondary. ASL is a bonus that I learned on the side.
This is how I turned out. I was able to do something with the time given to me.