23rd
Let’s share our testimonials this weekend: video 1 and half min with a translation text.
I have been thinking about this upcoming AGB conference on July 27th and 28th..what we can do to continue open dialogue. I was impressed with Anon’s story on Deaf Cy Tea Time: Amy mother of CI children where he described his experience with cochlea implantation since age of 2 years. We really need to hear more stories from those who have been wearing CI since early age as 2 to 4 years. I am sure there are CI wearers who have positive outcomes with the device whereas some do not. We really need to hear more. As a researcher myself, I have read research articles on CI children, they are just methods with numbers, usually 24 children or more for statistics. Then there are analysis and discussion about results that do not reflect the actual picture of those who experience with language usage and socialization. It will be very valuable to hear more stories.
Now for these two days on 27th and 28th, how about we can make a tribute of truth by sharing a story about yourself, someone who you know, your friend, or family member’s experience with oralism excluding sign language and such suppression. I will be sharing my story with several black and white photos of my deaf mother raised in Germany during World War 2. She did had some hearing..and this will be coming this weekend.
Reading worthy sites:
John Egbert and Bilingual Coalition
Aquabb’s blog: Many choices, One Deaf World
Random thoughts n’ musing: More thoughts for hearing parents and for us to consider
