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Message: <blockquote data-quote="deafdyke" data-source="post: 432725" data-attributes="member: 233">Oh agreed!  I definitly don't think that families should just dump their dhh offspring off at a school for the deaf, and forget about them. Yet at the same time, I think that the value of "family" can be overrated, at least in some cases. We're all taught to think that everyone comes from a stable middle class loving family........but not everyone gets those benifits from being part of a family! Like I remmy reading Train Go Sorry, about James Taylor. Initally he lived at home and comutted to school. He had a very turbulent family life that inhibited his scholastic progress. He was then put in a dorm, and then made HUGE, HUGE strides academicly. I'm just totally against total and complete mainstreaming......it just seems like too many public schools think that dhh kids can do really well with minmal accomondations!</blockquote>