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RIGHT ON, Great Post

Good for you and I am glad you are trying to change things. It is not scary for me.

There is a great oral deaf school in the middle of CA that is trying to figure out how to have a TC and oral program together on the same campus. They are trying to figure out to do this with a local public school district.

But in the United States if a person wants a CI and does not have insurance they can get it through Medi-cal and they can get speech through Medi-cal if they want. This is only if they want a CI not they should all have it.

I guess it is worst in other states then here in California. It is very easy to get a tenure track teaching position if it is in special education. I know elementary it is not easy and in certain areas in high school it is easy like math and science but not history or english.

Oral teachers of the deaf are not always hearing. I know many that range from a mild hearing loss to a profound hearing and of course they are hearing since they have teach deaf kids to be oral. And I as a parent of 2 deaf oral teenagers would prefer a teacher that had a hearing loss. My...

But why would you be out of a job. Oral and CI are not for every child. There is always going to be need for deaf teacher to teach in sign language. I don't get it. CI and oral can work but it is not for every deaf child.

You probable cannot creat a new school board but you could be elected onto an existing school board. These papers were written a long time ago. Look all the awful things done to so many people that were the same as the majority, look at what they did to African Americans. I know still now I...

I agree with a lot of the things you said. Yes, doctors do not know everything. In our case the doctors were the ones that told me that my children would never talk, they were wrong. They also said my children would not read above a 3rd grade level, they were wrong, they both read at about a...

Now you are job is to go make these changes instead of just complaining.

WOW, I hope you never leave the teaching field. You are the kind of professionals we parents need. One that can tell us everything in a respectable manner and even if we do another route that you do not approve of and still be there for us parents and our children. Please Please never leave...

I know that we disagree and I know that we will never agree but it is OK with me.

I would like to say something, I really respect how you worded your post. You said everything in a clear and thoughtful manner without being mean and disrespectful. You are the type of person that should out there speaking to parents. I am not sure what you do for a living but I think you...

What I am trying to say is that not all kids are the same and technology has changed and it is OK if you cannot see that.

I have already explained to you why. If the goal of getting an implant is to develop oral language then that is what need to be focused on. If that is not the goal then the parents should develop a plan. I work with the children and parents that their goal is to develop oral language.

In case you haven't notices the only parents of children with CIs that stay on this board are the ones like me that are so secured in our decision that there is nothing you can say that would change our opinion. The parens that need you and your experiences people like you scared them away. Or...

I think the case you are talking about is a deaf mom lost custody of her kids and the foster parents and school wanted to implant the children. That case was wrong and those kids never got implanted. In that case you had parents of children with cochlear implants go to that court and tell the...

I am giving my kids what they want. My kids have a choice. I have told them many many times that if they want they can drop their voice and get immerse in the Deaf culture. It is their choice now and they choose to be oral, why can't you respect that. Or would you prefer that I make them...

It really is your choice. I by no means think that every deaf person should get an implant. But I also feel that no one has the right to tell me to not implant my child. As long as a parent has all the information both good and bad, it their child and their choice. I know some people in...

So your son feels that he needs to be more deaf in order to have a closer relationship to you. Think about what that means about yourself to your son. Or what you are indirectly telling your son that he needs to be deaf in order to be closer to you.