A discussion vlog by Carl Schroeder: Deaf children with and without cochlear implants will benefit greatly from residential schools for the Deaf.
Sunday, March 02, 2008
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- Carl Schroeder
- Born Deaf...Deaf parents...Deaf sister and brother...Deaf aunts and uncles...Deaf daughter...Deaf school...Deaf college...Deaf life...Deaf way! Yes, there are some hearing people in my life and family. My son is hearing but his mother tongue is American Sign Language.
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9 comments:
Hi Karl:
Let's try to be clear about the operational vs lexical definition of the word deaf. DE means without and AF means audio frequency OK? Clear? w/o audio frequency period. Its really nothing more and nothing less. But where does it fit? The operational vs lexical definition of the word deaf is a psychological distinction. The question then becomes: "How do we make the distinction"? lexically we know what it means but operationally the word d/Deaf seems lost to the slippery slope fallacy because no one really knows where deafness begins and hearingness ends largely because the auditory apparatus reflects our oceanic ancestry and is the last of our five senses to evolve. Ahhh!! We were deaf before we could hear according to the fossil record. Hope this observation helps. Steve Sutton
Yes, agreed. Residential schools for the Deaf are best for any deaf, even those with CIs. I add, and even for those who come from Deaf families.
Your school, along with a few others are few schools with many Deaf teachers and staff.
Unfortunately, my school had almost ALL-hearing teachers and staff. Only one Deaf houseparent and no Deaf teachers in elementary school. Only one Deaf teacher and a few Deaf houseparents in junior high. Only one Deaf houseparent, and 3 Deaf teachers in high school. 4 Deaf teachers at Vocational Building. Small #! Still, thanks to peer-to-peer experience, I was glad that I went to residential school and lived in the dorm! Also, I was grateful for having Deaf teachers and houseparents.
Were you at residential school before "mainstreaming" ERA? My time was during that era, so one year I saw was many, many students. Then after summer in the fall, I saw a big difference in enrollment! I always wondered where did they go!
Also, yes, I saw the difference with day students. They didn't have the benefit of peer-to-peer experiences.
Enjoyed your vlog.
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Right on!
Unfortunately, I've never been to residental (or outside) Deaf schools for schooling. In my mainstream schools had many hearing teachers and had only two Deaf teacher/aide. We had no certificate terps and they were "volunteers" during my junior and high schools.
I've noticed that nowadays many Deaf children sent to mainstream schools instead of residental Deaf schools. How sad.
You have a remarkable story. :-)
ABC- you said 24/7, except bedtime at night... are you sure you never played with other kids after bedtime???
:-)
brenster - Glad you figure it out about 24/7 ha ha!
You're right. I would still be immature if I didn't live at the residental deaf school for the last of my five school years.
Of course, why would we reject those Deaf children with or without device since they are so innocent? It is not their faults anyhow. They are more welcomed to be with other Deaf children anytime. It s very important for these Deaf children to have their ASL Culture and Deaf identity.
I ll say STOP AUDISM again. :)
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