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I think it's the term disabilities that is throwing you off. Honestly they need to use different terminlogy, like extreme profound conditions. Disability can be lived with. Extreme profound issues cannot

BTW, I know there are lurkers here who are CONVINCED that THEIR path is the right one. I don't get it. Why wouldn't you offer a dhh kid EVERYTHING, so they would have all the tools possible, as well as a vareity of experiences? Speech is only a very small part of the puzzle. Nobody's talking...

*shakes head* No. PHYSCIALLY disabled kids don't generally need specialized programs, unless they are severely affected. PD kids can do pretty well in an inclusion based setting, with a Resource Room approach. I do agree that there needs to be specialized programs for mentally disabled kids...

Exactly. Speech shouldn't be a be all end all thing. Parents need to understand that educating a dhh kid is a LOT more complex then the traditional HOH style interventions. Yes, it's OK if you pursue speech, but please meet your child halfway and learn ASL for THEM. It's only fair. Do not...

I think ALL HOH kids should learn ASL as a given. Like they should attend dhh preschool and be encouraged to enroll in local dhh programs or even SCHOOLS (if available) HOH kids already have the speech skills and the HOH level of functioning, so why not give them ASL, deaf ed, deaf camp etc? It...

It's like something out of a WWII movie! https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/freddie-oversteegen-dutch-resistance-fighter-who-killed-nazis-through-seduction-dies-at-92/2018/09/16/7876eade-b9b7-11e8-a8aa-860695e7f3fc_story.html?noredirect=on

I always urge parents of dhh kids to bombard them with EVERYTHING. Meaning, speech, Sign, Cued Speech (I know, I know, but it may help as a supplement) and a variety of both Deaf and hearing interventions, such as schools, camps , social groups etc. I have a parental friend who is giving her...

One of my friends has a little girl with unilateral loss due to what you have. Guess what? She's DEFINATLY going to learn ASL, and go to Deaf camp so she has that at least. The funny thing is the mom was all " I don't know what to do with aiding her!" I told her that the best thing to do is to...

It's a fact. Yes, it's exciting to see new tech. But that means nothing when the gross majority of people cannot afford it.

Welcome!!!!! Are you interested in relocating to other states? How academic is she? (ie college bound, can earn a diploma but prolly wouldn't do well in college) I think Tampa has a sizable program. Really not sure about Florida specific public school programs. But Texas School for the Deaf is...

I know deaf ed resources in Nevada suck. They started a School for the Deaf in Las Vegas years ago, but it closed :( You COULD see about attending MSSD. Then you could learn by immersian. http://www3.gallaudet.edu/mssd.html They welcome new signers. You might also be able to attend California...

(sarcasm) You mean AG Bell was WRONG and I won't automaticly be getting job offers from Fortune 500 companies simply b/c I can speak well? (/sarcasm)

OMG I remember you!

Um, wouldn't you rather have other things for your birthday? We really do not need new "cutting edge tech" We need more AFFORDABLE hearing aids.

Exactly. One wonders if you would be a lot better off if you'd gotten a comprehensive approach from the start. Your post breaks my heart........

Huh? Where in the US uses Makaton?

The answer is not really. Most blind people are adult aquired blind. Only a small percentage are pediatric blind/low vision. I don't know exact numbers but I thought there was a significent percentage who are severely multihandicapped(like pediatric nursing home level) blind. That's why Jr Blind...

Yes you are if you use Auslan. How come you don't know anyone who is deaf?

Was it due to atresia? That's a condition that can be surgericly corrected

Atresia?