Change the future for a deaf child

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Hear Again said:
there's no reason to "back out." parents who decide to implant their children *are* doing what they think is best for them.
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I know that, but i am obviously the only one with my opinion. so i am going to keep it to myself. If you want i will pm you.
 
Hear Again said:
no, it isn't -- not for children who have experienced success. just because an oral-only approach doesn't work for most deaf people doesn't mean it can't work for some. it also doesn't mean that it should be discredited as an effective way of learning.
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I'm sorry but I totally disagree with that. Its like saying a blind person can manage without braille.
 
dreama said:
I'm sorry but I totally disagree with that. Its like saying a blind person can manage without braille.
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actually, they can with the use of speech synthesized computers, talking books and personal hand-held recorders. (mind you, i don't advocate this, but it is possible.)
 
dreama,

how do you explain children who have been successful using an oral-only approach? should their success be ignored just because most deaf people cannot benefit from being in an oral environment?
 
Hear Again said:
...but not impossible. i know many adventitiously blind people who are quite successful despite not having learned braille.
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Not very many. The NFB would not have "Braille leaders are leaders" if there was no need for braille, more blind people get jobs, and more higher paying jobs than blind people who dont know braille.
 
typeingtornado19 said:
Not very many. The NFB would not have "Braille leaders are leaders" if there was no need for braille, more blind people get jobs, and more higher paying jobs than blind people who dont know braille.
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Fewer Blind Americans Learning and Using Braille

Here is a source. Only 10 percent of blind people know braille.

Some consider it obsolete. In the workplace readers like what Hear Again has are used more than braille.
 
typeingtornado19 said:
Not very many. The NFB would not have "Braille leaders are leaders" if there was no need for braille, more blind people get jobs, and more higher paying jobs than blind people who dont know braille.
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actually, there are fewer blind people who know braille than those who do not.

with the advent of screen readers, cctv's, portable magnifiers and reading machines, the need for braille isn't as significant as it was 25 years ago.
 
Hear Again said:
actually, there are fewer blind people who know braille than those who do not.

with the advent of screen readers, cctv's, portable magnifiers and reading machines, the need for braille isn't as significant as it was 25 years ago.
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True, but it is still important. Life would be so much easier if i could just rely exclusively on braille.
 
the subject of braille literacy is off-topic for this thread, so i have no further comments.
 
Hear Again said:
that's not the case for all blind people. remember, some blind people have *alot* of difficulty learning braille. (for instance, those with diabetes.)
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Ohh i agree, learning is hard, i am talking about once a person has a handle on braille, then it makes life a lot easier.
 
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