Recent content by JadeSkye

That is really awesome! From what I have seen of FSDB so far, they really try hard to integrate ASL and spoken language and I think that is very beneficial for both d/hh children and CODA's. I can't wait to see what this school year holds for my daughter's ASL development (although part of me...

I was going to come in here and give this whole tirade about how even as "just the mother of a deaf child" these "I have to do this assignment" people piss me off but you guys have done such a great job of derailing this thread already that I feel my input is not needed :). Bravo! :) (Oh...

I don't read all intro posts but this one caught my eye BECAUSE of the title. Being a hearing parent of a deaf child I thought "here is someone I might be able to relate to a little and help a little" (because although I am still new to things I have learned a lot and hate to think that other...

So, do you have a deaf son or not?? I am a little confused. Are you here asking people if your kids will be deaf because your soon to be husband (oh, wait, your bf) has deaf people in his family? If it is genetic, then yes, there is a possibility that your kids would be deaf. But, no one...

Our daughter was given her name sign at her school (Florida School for the Deaf and Blind) by one of her teachers. From what I understand it is best to let a deaf person give you a name sign because they know the language better and would know if the sign means anything offensive. Although, I...

I'm not so sure about the "contradictory" part of his article (I am sure in some instances it can be- lots of life is contradictory though, when you think about it). I just had to comment on your "rebuttal" to #7 because I actually LOVE to see songs signed! :) When the interpreter (or...

If they had kids, you should have asked them how their doctor allowed them to have children since they are so stupid and ignorant!! :laugh2: (Not like I would have thought of that if I were in that situation- I usually clam up when people say stupid things and then think of 50 good come-backs...

I have to say I am quite guilty of #1 and #8 myself :)... This comment cracked me up, too, because I do this often: "I have another one for you. Hearing people have the habit of going on a ‘sound hunt’ – they have an animalistic urge to find the source of a sound. They tend to get everyone...

So I have heard :lol:. I am still working on that part because it seems with us hearing people that "blunt" is seen as "rude" or some other negative and I don't want to come across that way. SO- with "being blunt" in mind, I guess I will dig a little further. I guess my big question for you...

I have to agree with Bottesini on this one. I have been trying to think of how to put this into words, and it appears blunt is the only way to do it :). I don't think that anything you can think of to argue the case will make a difference. I am not sure if you have looked into your state deaf...

I don't know if I can be of any help but you have peeked my curiousity in the situation. If I am understanding things correctly, you and your wife are deaf but your children are hearing, correct? You said they currently have IEP's (infant version), what would those be for? Do they have...

I can happily say that FSDB is not like this, from all I have seen it looks like they highly encourage students to learn how to work in the "real" world. They have programs to expose the students to independent life (one is for those who just graduated, I think- and those who are staying in the...

It is really amazing! At the moment they have a lot of construction going on because they just got the money (can't remember if it was grant or state or how they got it) to redo ALL the piping (I think water pipes) at the school, so there are little fenced off areas between lots of building...

Yes, she will be riding a bus back and forth. We live in one of the surrounding counties and our school district provides a bus for the kids that live here and go to FSDB (there are a few). We showed her the bus when we were there because she has never really seen one and she wanted to get...

Just had to come on here and post that yesterday we had our meeting with FSDB for assessments and consideration for schooling for our 3 year-old daughter in their Early Learning Center. It was a very long day with many assessments (some of which they said she didn't really want to do- she is...