I never meant to imply laziness on anyone's part. I'm sorry if it seemed that way. My opinion is simply in response to the video - a nonverbal, non-CI child attending a (bi-bi?) school where sign is used heavily, who obviously is not using speech effectively, whose parents refuse to sign. There are real people like this... I simply fail to understand how they came to these choices. They CHOSE for her to sign. They CHOSE for her to attend a manual school. They CHOSE not to learn ASL. They want the school to teach her speech and send her home. I'm not saying they're lazy, but it's obvious they are ignorant to their child's needs. **This opinion is reserved for THIS situation.**
This is not an opinion on communication choices. This is not an opinion on amplification choices. If anything, this is an opinion on the emotional well being and support of a Deaf child born into a hearing family.
