When I got to converse with the guests that came to join our class last Wednesday, I felt more motivated to sign. By seeing how energetic they were they motivated everyone in class to sign and get involved. I learned a vast amount just from communicating with the deaf. It is not the same as what we learn in the books as oppose to actually having to converse. I learned that not all parents get involved which I think they should, because if they want to be part of there children’s lives they have to find some way to communicate. Spending thousands of dollars to make your child have speech is not one of the ways to go. Like it was motioned in the book doctors need to get the parents involved and knowledge them what is out there. Doctors need to encourage the parents that if they do not get involved this maybe a problem in the future psychologically. I also read that some speech therapists do not really appreciate nor like ASL they believe that speech is the only way to go. When I read that I was very surprised and shocked to see that I always thought, that all of speech therapist would find it very helpful when they try to teach the deaf speech, they would have some way to communicate, but I was wrong.
I also learned that they have going away schools for the deaf for children to live and learn all in one place. I agree with a vast amount of parents on that just because there child is deaf they should not be taken away to live in school because they will have a better education. You can still have a great education and live at home and interact with their parents. Deaf people are just like everyone else they are someone’s child, they want to see there parents after school and tell them about there day. I see it just because you have a language barrier you aren’t able to communicate but if you try hard enough you will find a way. When a person wants something that bad they will find the time and motivation to do it.
I am really glad that I got a change to...