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To correct you, I don't consider the child a failure--I consider the system a failure. I consider the medical establishment that does not give parents the information they need to stay realistic in their expectations a failure. I consider the professionalization of hearing teachers of the deaf that often can barely communicate with their students a failure. I consider the mainstreaming movement that isolates and alienates deaf children from each other as well as fromhearing students a failure. I consider the school systems that refuse to provide adequate support systems a failure. I consider the parents that refuse to adapt to their child's needs a failure. But the child--no. The child would succeed if he/she were not surrounded by all the people and attitudes that set him up for failure. It is the hearing oralists who cornered the phrase "oral failure". Please do not put me in that category.

<blockquote data-quote="jillio" data-source="post: 783719" data-attributes="member: 10801"><p>To correct you, I don't consider the child a failure--I consider the system a failure.&nbsp; I consider the medical establishment that does not give parents the information they need to stay realistic in their expectations a failure.&nbsp; I consider the professionalization of hearing teachers of the deaf that often can barely communicate with their students a failure.&nbsp; I consider the mainstreaming movement that isolates and alienates deaf children from each other as well as fromhearing students a failure.&nbsp; I consider the school systems that refuse to provide adequate support systems a failure.&nbsp; I consider the parents that refuse to adapt to their child's needs a failure.&nbsp; But the child--no.&nbsp; The child would succeed if he/she were not surrounded by all the people and attitudes that set him up for failure.&nbsp; It is the hearing oralists who cornered the phrase &quot;oral failure&quot;.&nbsp; Please do not put me in that category.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="jillio, post: 783719, member: 10801"] To correct you, I don't consider the child a failure--I consider the system a failure. I consider the medical establishment that does not give parents the information they need to stay realistic in their expectations a failure. I consider the professionalization of hearing teachers of the deaf that often can barely communicate with their students a failure. I consider the mainstreaming movement that isolates and alienates deaf children from each other as well as fromhearing students a failure. I consider the school systems that refuse to provide adequate support systems a failure. I consider the parents that refuse to adapt to their child's needs a failure. But the child--no. The child would succeed if he/she were not surrounded by all the people and attitudes that set him up for failure. It is the hearing oralists who cornered the phrase "oral failure". Please do not put me in that category. [/QUOTE]

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