It makes most of us wonder, Shel. That is why I brought the topic up. Until we get to the honest reasons, there is no way to find a solution to the division. I have seen a lot of honest discussion coming from the deaf community in this thread. I appreciate everyone's effort to be objective and to look at the situation from different perspectives. Unfortunately, we are not getting much input from hearing parents regarding their honest feelings and objective perspectives of experience. The deaf community can't solve the issue by themselves. We have to have an effort from both sides. That is what I am not seeing. The hearing parents are claiming to want change in the way they are treated, and their children are treated, but I don't see them making an effort to work toward that change. So far, all I have seen are demands that the deaf community must change. The change has to come from both sides, so that we are all able to meet somewhere in the middle. Our children's well being depends on it.
