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Logically, if one cannot rely on hearing/listening, being an "audio type learner" would be a massive problem. "if and when"? :confused: Is it April 1st?

Hard to till out a garden if you may not have a yard. If you live in an apartment, you may not even have a patio to hang one of those upside down tomato planters on. My landlord won't allow gardening. We're not even allowed to trim the trees without talking to them first. We discussed...

They might be able to afford it if their livelihood wasn't under 6 inches of oil.

Are the thousands of people who live in that area and rely on it's resources not similarly entitled?

Maybe the races should have been held in the gulf so he could have at least kept an eye on things... [/snark]

Yep. There are no dentists to list in our county. I called more than 30 offices and they were eager to make an appointment until they asked about insuance and I said Medicaid. Nearest is Milwaukee (or at least it was 18 months ago). We now have a dental assistant program at the local...

This is one of my biggest reasons for sending Katie to WSD. She NEEDS to chat and gossip and talk about boys with her friends. There is NO WAY she can do that if she has to rely on a terp tagging along. I want her to get into mischief. I want her to have secrets. I want her to play pranks...

She has insurance now. Husband was unemployed at the time so we had no other options. Also, given the extent of the work she had/has to have done, I would much rather she be hospitalized. Cleanings and checkups are fine, but oral surgery and multiple extractions at one time are too much for...

It did... and they billed us for another $1000 for 'unforseen treatment needs' two weeks later and refused to see her for her follow up unless we paid. Medicaid fully covered all of the hospital charges. Unfortunately, this is going to become 'normal' for her. The adult teeth she has...

Try finding a dentist that takes Medicaid. 99% refuse patients who have Medicaid - won't even see them for a cleaning unless they pay cash up front, and a cleaning is NEVER just a cleaning. There is no dentist within 100 miles of us that takes Medicaid patients. The closest one has a 4-6 week...

When a person gets that big, even without other problems, they physically CAN'T walk more than 1 block.

It may help. a friendly little face or whirligig to focus on my distract him from the fact that he's alone. You could also try giving him a sweatshirt or something that you've worn to cuddle with. Something that smells like mom can be very soothing. Katie had rotating burp rags. I'd keep...

I understood Jillio's comment to mean that, unless unreasonable, we operate as 'normal' in public - that definition of 'normal' being very specific to our needs. Of course we use inclusive communication as a family and will also terp for Katie as needed. We also come prepared to deal with our...

I am.

Is his room darker at night than during the day? I found that Katie didn't, and still doesn't, like the dark. While my older daughter is comforted by bed time music in the dark, Katie doesn't get that benefit. We noticed a definite improvement in her sleep once we got a...

If that is their only role in the process, why lay this HUGE responsibility on them?

Most medical doctors are not PhDs. They are MDs. PhDs are research doctorates.

Audiologists are doctors. If they have "Au. D." or "AuD" as part of their title, they hold a Doctorate in Audiology. If they don't, they are not audiologists.

It is frustrating, really. What's the point of teaching tolerance when it only applies to others? I see this a lot lately even outside of deaf related issues. Everyone's kid is a super special snowflake and everything needs to be just so and omg, those aren't organic baby wipes, are they...

I had a bit of a strange encounter the other day with another mom of a deaf child. We bumped into each other at the park and I noticed her child's implants. I shared that my daughter was also deaf and we chatted for a bit. The kids were playing like no big deal and came over in search of a...