Absolutely, I understand how difficult it is. It is like trying to teach a baby to skip when they haven't even learned to crawl yet. And the shame of it is, when they don't get the basics until late, they never learn to use language the way it was intended to be used. It affects not just reading comprehension, and writing, but their ability to think in an abstract and creative way and to come up with innovative solutions to problems. People just don't seem to get how pervasive the problem of language deprivation is for a deaf kid.
