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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 02:49 PM Original message |
If this doesn't put a smile on your face, just go ahead and resign from the human race. |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 02:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh darn, I smiled! Now I don't qualify! |
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bobburgster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Oh, that's precious! |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. Awww that was beautiful. |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 02:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thank you for posting. We need more smiles in this world! n/t |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. Cochlear implants are highly controversial in the deaf community |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. And for no better reason than opposition to teaching sex ed. or evolution. nt |
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nichomachus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:04 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. No, I think there are more reasons than that |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
24. Like what? nt |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:16 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. I occasionally see terms like "genocide" trotted out re: cochlear implants |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I'm aware of that. This mom and this baby appear not to share that aversion. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:07 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. They feel that their "language" is being taken away |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. And their children. And their culture. nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Their children deserve to have their own future, unencumbered by their |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
36. So the "kill the Indian, save the child" theory, eh? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:26 PM Response to Reply #36 |
46. FFS |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. ditto |
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peace frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:21 AM Response to Reply #46 |
139. Geez Louise |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 05:05 PM Response to Reply #36 |
59. Oh for god's sake... |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #36 |
61. Save the culture by teaching it to the child, especially to communicate a deaf parent. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #61 |
74. I'm sure any deaf parent would teach all their children to sign from birth |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:53 PM Response to Reply #36 |
73. It's not genocide. Deaf people can still teach their children to sign from the moment |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 01:13 AM Response to Reply #36 |
112. I have a severe vision impairment. |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:05 AM Response to Reply #36 |
119. Yeah, but a lot of us do see it as a real handicap. Of course, I can function in |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #119 |
150. Thanks for providing your perspective |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:16 AM Response to Reply #150 |
170. Technically I am not really "deaf," since I have enough hearing to |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:25 PM Response to Reply #36 |
161. And, as a hearing-impaired person myself who |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:22 AM Response to Reply #161 |
172. I live enar Olathe, Kansas, where they have a school for the deaf. One movie theater in |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:50 PM Response to Reply #21 |
72. From what I understand they don't consider their deafness a limitation. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #72 |
78. Sorry, but it is, just as very poor vision is a limitation. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:00 AM Response to Reply #78 |
144. You go with your ignorance of the culture and tell them that. I'm telling you how THEY |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 03:59 PM Response to Reply #144 |
167. We deaf people know what their "culture" is like |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 03:02 PM Response to Reply #78 |
166. I agree. My father was blind and even though he could do carpentry, |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #72 |
162. Well, I don't appreciate their coming down on me |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
124. +1 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:17 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Actually the deaf community is split on the issue. But for Christ's sake, this thread is about ... |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Exactly |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:27 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Can I ask a question? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. Have we come leaps forward in digital technology? Years ago may as well be |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Oh yeah |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
34. It sounds good to me |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:28 PM Response to Reply #34 |
90. How old were you when you got yours? What was it like? n/t |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 01:08 AM Response to Reply #90 |
109. I was sixteen when I first got the CI for my right ear |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:04 AM Response to Reply #109 |
118. Thanks for the links, Funky, and for speaking up. I'm glad for you that |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:16 AM Response to Reply #34 |
122. I often don't wear my hearing aids, because unless I need to understand speech, |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #122 |
163. I know what you mean about aids amplifying |
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tblue37 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:12 AM Response to Reply #163 |
169. My aids are advanced digital types, but they still |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #22 |
89. I've heard that an implant works better the younger an age at which it is installed. |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. No effing shit.... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. it's DU man, what do you expect? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Those of us in the Autism rights comminity are frightened by things like this. |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Are you joking? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I fervently hope so. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #33 |
84. Until you are part of our community |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:25 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. The Neurotypicalist bigots don't get it. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:11 PM Response to Reply #91 |
94. "Neurotypicalist bigots"--now there's a mouthful for us well-intentioned do-gooders. Not to mention |
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Aleric (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #91 |
135. Then explain it to them. |
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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:38 AM Response to Reply #91 |
140. Could you explain it for me? |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #91 |
158. My teenage son has Asperger's. Fortunately, he's very high functioning. |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:46 PM Response to Reply #158 |
164. I'm sorry, but as the mother of a son with Asperger's, |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 01:19 AM Response to Reply #84 |
114. I am different because I had such poor eyesight as a child. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:10 AM Response to Reply #114 |
120. I agree with you that vision and hearing impairments are comparable. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
80. I'm sure s/he is not. n/t |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:26 PM Response to Reply #30 |
92. Nope. |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:47 PM Response to Reply #25 |
37. If something came along that helped autistic people |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:28 PM Response to Reply #25 |
47. zomg... are you serious? you just broke my woo-meter. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:17 PM Response to Reply #47 |
86. Of course. You don't see it, therefore, it doesn't exist and the very idea is hysterical |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 01:16 AM Response to Reply #86 |
113. This technology helps deaf children big time |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #25 |
51. The conjoined twins community is gradually being destroyed, as well. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #25 |
76. I don't understand how being able to hear is a bad thing? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:23 AM Response to Reply #25 |
125. Destroying? |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
151. Soon they will try to destroy |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 02:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:38 PM Response to Reply #9 |
31. So..Is this a matter of what is best for each deaf child..or what is best for those |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:51 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. Best for each deaf child |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:05 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. BUT..if more children are given the opportunity to hear, they might not need to learn ASL. |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. but one can hear and still learn ASL... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:38 PM Response to Reply #48 |
52. as is the case with every hearing parent of a deaf child.... |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. i went to RIT and we have the largest tech institute for the deaf in the country. lots of students |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. I went to RIT's summer EYF 11 years ago |
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alphafemale (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 01:11 AM Response to Reply #48 |
111. Most of the girls I knew in HS knew the alphabet at least |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. One of the major drawbacks to ASL |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. oh my..I had never heard about cued speech. Just did a search Appears to be very interesting. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:41 AM Response to Reply #57 |
107. I prefer signed English because it is the same as spoken English in form. |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 01:45 AM Response to Reply #107 |
116. Even with SEE |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 07:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
68. Young children are really good at picking up ASL and other sign languages, for |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 01:37 AM Response to Reply #68 |
115. The thing about ASL |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 12:27 AM Response to Reply #115 |
168. Still, for young kids, "hard" is much easier |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 06:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
130. Schools for the Deaf decreasing, Mainstreaming on the rise. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. Then they shouldn't have them and I'm okay with letting their kids |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #18 |
49. you'd deny babies the chance to hear? really? that's sickening. |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 06:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
67. By the time they are "old enough" to override their parents' wishes, say 18 years... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
81. From what I understand, the decision has to be made when they are younger |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:44 AM Response to Reply #18 |
108. The sucess rate of cohlear implants goes down as the age of the child goes up. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. Because they want their children to share their disability. Sounds self-centered |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
75. Sounds like you don't know anything about the Deaf community. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #75 |
85. I know about parents and children, and children's needs to be themselves -- even |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #75 |
101. Did you look at the face of this child to see how happy the child is |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:07 AM Response to Reply #101 |
147. What does that have to do with the way some people are talking about a |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
63. and some people who are not. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:46 PM Response to Reply #4 |
98. so? |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #4 |
102. Maybe but this 8 month old sure seems pleased! |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
104. My stepson went to a deaf high school, and I live in a community with lots of deaf people. |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 01:59 AM Response to Reply #104 |
117. One of my deaf friends |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:19 AM Response to Reply #117 |
123. Boxing children's ears to make them DEAFER? That's abuse, pure and simple. n/t |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 03:55 AM Response to Reply #123 |
127. Yep |
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BlancheSplanchnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 06:26 AM Response to Reply #4 |
129. yes, it's a very hot issue in the Deaf community. |
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Boudica the Lyoness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:47 AM Response to Reply #4 |
149. Little Jonathan is a member of the deaf community |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
153. Huh? What? |
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nonconformist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:08 PM Response to Original message |
10. I didn't smile... |
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Speck Tater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. Recast headline: Baby gets implant, must now tolerate mother's constant nagging. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:11 PM Response to Reply #11 |
42. How long have you worked for the WSWS? |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:31 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. !!! |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
95. on the contrary... that was gratuitous and the opposite of funny, if anything. |
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RT Atlanta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. Absolutely beautiful |
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gorfle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
15. Very cool. n/t. |
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geardaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
16. K and R |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. Sweet! There is nothing like seeing a child discover something new. nt |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. Okay..no fair..I am at work... |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm human!!! |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
28. The very definition of heartwarmng. What a beautiful smile. |
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muffin1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
39. How sweet is that face? |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
41. Thank you! That made my day! |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
44. Thanks 11 Bravo |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
54. OMG - I really needed that today. Thanks for posting it! |
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IrishEyes (178 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
56. Thanks |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
58. Score one more for science ... |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
64. . |
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Smashcut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
65. OMG that little faaaace!!! |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
66. That is a 100% wonderful day-brightener! His whole being is wide open to this new experience... |
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gleaner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
69. Thanks for posting this ... |
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sixstrings75 (173 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:17 PM Response to Original message |
70. Some of the replies on this thread... |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 08:38 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. It's very clear from the video how happy this child was |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:01 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Yup. Some people will complain about just about anything. |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #70 |
82. Yes, how dare Deaf people keep the culture they have created |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:19 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Deaf people can teach their hearing children, including those with cochlear implants, |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #82 |
96. I think it's rather obvious this child's parents aren't deaf. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:31 AM Response to Reply #82 |
126. Why limit the child? |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:50 AM Response to Reply #82 |
143. How dare deaf people deliberately try to deprive their children of the ability to hear. |
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Cleobulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 04:52 AM Response to Reply #82 |
173. Why should the wants of the parents outweigh what is best for the child? n/t |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #70 |
106. No kidding, right? |
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Hosnon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:48 AM Response to Reply #70 |
142. +1. nt. |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:46 AM Response to Reply #70 |
154. +1000 |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
79. That's great. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
83. Thanks, I needed that. :) nt |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
87. Nice. I was surprised the mother could hold it together. I would have lost it. ( I did lose |
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castleman55 (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
93. Priceless! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
97. . |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-14-10 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
99. Wow. I'm still human. |
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kas125 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
100. My dad was deaf for my entire life until he agreed to get |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:11 AM Response to Reply #100 |
121. Good for him! He helped open doors for many. |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
103. Thank you for the smile. I didn't get something in my eye, but my mouth stretched |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
105. watching that was better than i thought it would be |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
110. Wonderful! Watch how the baby Jonathan watches the mother's mouth |
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FunkyLeprechaun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 04:22 AM Response to Reply #110 |
128. Not quite a CI story |
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redqueen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 06:49 AM Response to Original message |
131. Aw.... |
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Aleric (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 07:03 AM Response to Original message |
132. I can do that? Where do I sign?! |
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SemperEadem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 07:06 AM Response to Original message |
133. thank goodness for technology |
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Aleric (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
134. I'm NOT human!!! Yaaaaay!!!! |
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JackintheGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 07:39 AM Response to Original message |
136. I did NOT need that this morning |
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Daemonaquila (413 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
137. Unrec. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 09:40 AM Response to Reply #137 |
141. Thanks for your resignation. We'll just make it effective immediately. nt |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #141 |
146. I had to laugh when I read the post you're responding to. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:14 AM Response to Reply #146 |
148. My thoughts exactly. I used to teach 8th graders--I know the modus operandi so well... nt |
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Aleric (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:11 PM Response to Reply #146 |
155. and yet when a man said the same thing |
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BoWanZi (502 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 10:01 AM Response to Reply #137 |
145. Just recced this thread and I havent' even watched the video |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
138. I smiled, so I will re-sign with the human species free of charge... |
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earcandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
152. Sweet! Oh those wonderf ul miracles we are so capable of.... thank you so much! |
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Patriot 76 (95 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
156. From the looks of this thread, people have resigned from the human race. |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #156 |
157. Just a couple of them. The "I'm lefter than you" crowd can usually be counted on to show up... |
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Aleric (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #156 |
160. What choice? |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 03:24 PM Response to Reply #160 |
174. If you do everything you're told, I've got one more for you. |
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Aleric (278 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-17-10 07:05 AM Response to Reply #174 |
175. How enlightened of you. |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
159. Wonderful! |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-15-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
165. ... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-16-10 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
171. Gave the rec yesterday and here is the kick. That was beautiful |
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