This is coming from my own family because FJ talked about deaf chidlren needing to communicate with their families or sharing their language. Well, I did what they wanted me to...developed good oral skills but yet, I still get comments like these or get left out completely. I dont care about other hearing strangers..I expect that from them but from my own family? that is the point I am trying to make with FJ..too many of us grew up left in the dark or get treated like that because it is too much work for them to deal with us as Lighthouse referred to.
Many of my deaf friends and many deaf children I have worked with all complained about the same thing about their families except for those whose families learned ASL or deaf families.