Is this audism? I somehow get the feeling that shouting "audism" at parents doing what they think is good, when the deaf community see trouble, can hit back on the child. It's interesting how similar the thinking of hearing parents are; first they get a child, and are told that one should not worry to much, they can learn to listen and speak. Then they discover a fierce deaf community that emphasis ASL, and try to please that community. After using some signs, they discover that the child speak back. With CI it indeed looks like those children don't need ASL after all. Doubt arise. What are the deaf commnunity really trying to tell me? Isn't that all about politics?
We know that problems often arise when those "sucessful" children becomes teenagers and grown ups, that's really then those children get in trouble, and without ASL and a deaf community to fall back on, they are left out there, confused.
Will parents understand this when we tell them they are audists at every wrong step they do? I am not saying deaf people should shut up and please everyone, but this audism thing isn't that simple to me.
Welcome to alldeaf, btw, Iowaboy!
