Wednesday, 22 April 2009
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Do ASL first. No regrets, guarantee.
Many times children that are not given their language (ASL,) when they are babies, will suffer one way or another. I.e.; many of my friends who were implanted at young age, would feel lost in the hearing world and then when they discover the Deaf culture/ASL, they would be extremely grateful. I believe that if parents really want to implant their children, they should at least give them a language so they can stay on track. Implanting children isn’t “one size fit all,” while ASL will definitely work on all children. It is like ASL is a guarantee for children to get their language to start off their school years and graduate with great scores on exit exams.
About the deaf schools having low percentage on exit exams, it is because the children weren’t given language at the earliest age and some of the students were enrolled during middle school with lack of appropriate education from previous school or lazy parents who refuse to learn ASL. If all of their graduating students were enrolled during preschool, they would be passing tests with flying colors! This needs to be compared properly and with every aspect/perspective.
My daughter is 20 months now and she was using sentences months ago. She signed her first word at 7 months old. I want all other deaf babies to be like her, to be normal despite the fact that some of their parents may not know ASL.
LEARN ASL for your children. Do your research and think about how ASL can make your child grow up normal and happy. Your child doesn’t have to be a blondie? Your child doesn’t have to be implanted to hear. You child HEAR the world by using ASL for the child can read, write and talk. It is as beautiful as if your child has brown hair, red hair or curly hair?!
I am begging all parents to be fair to all Deaf or HH children by giving them a language by using ASL as earliest as possible. There will be no regrets.
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