makes you special, unique. I see being deaf as being as much of a blessing as a curse.

You would have completely different out looks on life. I presume that it would be more

difficult for the children who are born deaf, to not understand what's going on around

them. But on a slightly higher note they don't know what there missing. Parents who

give birth to deaf children, face a difficult choice. Do they decide to put them into a

residential school or do they try to "main stream" them? Life is about over coming

problems or at least learning to accept them. These distinctive families, though their

road will have more bumps, will become stronger and hopefully more united in the

I once heard a saying "one persons trash is another persons treasure." In a

twisted way this is an example of that. To me it is unimaginable to not be able to hear

what's going on around me. There would be no alarm clock to wake you up, no radio to

sing with in the shower, no talking on the phone after a hard day of work. I would be

completely cut off from what was going on around me. I can not fathom being deaf and

there for will not try. Many deaf people,

but also seeing his classmates understanding and moving on while leaving them

heavy glass box where there child can see everything happening as everyone else does

another. Why fix it if its not broken?

talk. Society shouldn't burst there bubble telling them they need to speak words they've

way of living neither better or worse than hearing, just simply different. As Helen

there children when all there really doing is unknowingly putting there kids in this

Many deaf children, even after extensive speech therapy, refuse to use their

their own language simply because some people believe that it is in their best interest to

about 3 or 4 words out of ten, in the best conditions. Deaf students should not be denied

they can not hear themselves, the people's reactions to their voices are enough to tell

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