tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post3603056517349882692..comments2023-09-27T06:03:10.848-07:00Comments on Tales from a CI Gal: Handicapped or AbilityValeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17026325968244954541noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-87471106625550314862008-01-13T12:00:00.000-08:002008-01-13T12:00:00.000-08:00Val, I love this post! The idea of banding as a c...Val, I love this post! The idea of banding as a community is important for those of us are teeter totter between the two.<BR/><BR/>Keep writing because I can tell its right from the heart :)Abbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17272667052295179028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-42957422913189402172008-01-11T19:24:00.000-08:002008-01-11T19:24:00.000-08:00First, I have enjoyed each comment. Thank you for ...First, I have enjoyed each comment. Thank you for taking the time to respond to my posting. <BR/><BR/>Pdurr - I agree ASL is beautiful to watch.<BR/><BR/>iammine - Yes a new blogger and loving it. I will write about being bilateral. It is awesome. The sound is so different.<BR/><BR/>Ness - thank you<BR/><BR/>Paotie - There are evil people everywhere. <BR/><BR/>Karen and Kw - I enjoy your blogs so much. <BR/><BR/>Hearing Exchange - I love the information you have on your site and honored to be a part of it. thank you<BR/><BR/>The one comment I am waiting for is mom to read this. I wonder what she will say? Knowing mom, it will make me cry.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17026325968244954541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-19231664496142648002008-01-11T12:44:00.000-08:002008-01-11T12:44:00.000-08:00Hi Val! I loved reading how your mother encourage...Hi Val! I loved reading how your mother encouraged you. Though she had high expectations, it seems like she was positive and loving with her support the way she focused on your abilities. I believe that made all the difference in your relationship with your mother and how you feel about oralism. :-)Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13093639101711800065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-42662887100968794202008-01-11T07:28:00.000-08:002008-01-11T07:28:00.000-08:00Looking forward to reading more! I love listening...Looking forward to reading more! I love listening to parents and how the journey of raising deaf and hard of hearing kids unfolded for them.Karen Putzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09098620301550608119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-31182812209002085332008-01-11T07:17:00.000-08:002008-01-11T07:17:00.000-08:00ci galre: ur spelling error - for me it was a nice...ci gal<BR/><BR/>re: ur spelling error - for me it was a nice mistake because when i see REALLY REALLY clear ASL - it is like "hearing" <BR/><BR/>it is equal to how hearing folks get info via auditory<BR/><BR/>sadly due to Tower of Babel and all the different communication methods unleashed on the Deaf community, i dont have enough good ASL models for me to feel like the input is coming in "loud and clear" via visual signal<BR/><BR/>vlogs r certainly helping me get more ASL examples to learn from<BR/><BR/>iammine - smile. back at ya<BR/>best wishes with all u pursue<BR/><BR/>peace<BR/><BR/>pAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-21764823452264616012008-01-11T07:15:00.000-08:002008-01-11T07:15:00.000-08:00Hi there!Thank you for sharing your story with us,...Hi there!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for sharing your story with us, strangers in a familiar land. <BR/><BR/>I forwarded your blog to my parents and some of my d/Deaf friends and said that you are an example of why I am giving my bilaterally implanted kid everything and I hope one day he will thank me for accepting him as a modern deaf child (I am a Deaf parent of old Deaf school, meaning that I come from a lineage of forefathers of Deaf residential schools). The point here is parents being totally acepting of you and giving you all the resources in order to be successful, comfortable, welcoming, accessible in a much less oppressive world. <BR/><BR/>Good luck on your journey on the magic ASL carpet. The Deafworld has a lot of jewels. Never too early, never too late to learn ASL or signed English in order to enjoy the signing Deaf community. <BR/>More friends from all walks of life is better. (: <BR/><BR/>Iammine, I have always admired you ever since you entered the blog.vlog world. I can sense why you are not swimming in deeper waters but just wading in the last few months. I don't blame you.<BR/><BR/>But HEY Ive noticed more and more parents of CI kids, CI adults, and oral deaf joining DeafRead adding the balance to the readership. We the Deaf need to hear your stories and to dispel some myths that has been circulating in our Deaf world for so long. Of course I am not ignoring the deaf children who struggled without access to a vosual language. No one deaf child is alike. <BR/><BR/>Again, welcome YOU!!!Look forward to hearing more about your experience. Youy are one brave soul. I am not brave yet. (; <BR/><BR/>I better shut up or else I'll cause my kids to be late for school. <BR/><BR/>anna sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-35080870945704737692008-01-11T07:12:00.000-08:002008-01-11T07:12:00.000-08:00Excellent!Your article demonstrates a major flaw i...Excellent!<BR/><BR/>Your article demonstrates a major flaw in Deaf culture - the claim that MANY deaf people "reject" ASL/Deaf culture. Too many Deaf "experts" (people who brag endlessly about taking Deaf Studies classes, read 4 pages of "Deafhood," and make philosophical premises based on innuendo, i.e., "oralism is child abuse") proclaim to know everything there is about the world.<BR/><BR/>But - please be careful. There are many (Deaf Nazi's, Deaf KKK - you can search those terms) on Deafread who equate cochlear implants with Satanism, among other stupid things. (Conversely, the "editors" of Deafread promote Deaf-on-deaf attacks simply because they protect everyone else from such attacks, so you might find yourself the victim of witch-hunts, smear campaigns, and mostly, angry idiots frothing at the mouth.)<BR/><BR/>Anyway, thank you for a great article.<BR/><BR/>:o)<BR/><BR/>PaotieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-41605871532897471312008-01-11T06:57:00.000-08:002008-01-11T06:57:00.000-08:00Val,Loved your post. As a hearing friend in your c...Val,<BR/>Loved your post. As a hearing friend in your community, I am enjoying learning more and more about you, your family, your struggles and your accomplishments. Keep sharing and caring. <BR/>Love, NessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-4524752528321851652008-01-11T06:23:00.000-08:002008-01-11T06:23:00.000-08:00Iammine!I understand that you are getting a 2nd CI...Iammine!<BR/><BR/>I understand that you are getting a 2nd CI. A new gadget....better sounds!<BR/><BR/>I love you for who you are, Iammine is Iamminet. That is the matter!<BR/><BR/>I do not care what the people think of you....<BR/><BR/>*wink*<BR/><BR/>White GhostAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-43943099146856410102008-01-11T06:07:00.000-08:002008-01-11T06:07:00.000-08:00Patti - I've been reading some of your comments an...Patti - I've been reading some of your comments and can I say I love you? ;)<BR/><BR/>Helllllllllllo there, new blogger!!!!<BR/><BR/>I grew up with diversity of d/Deaf people from different communication backgrounds and I loved all of them.<BR/><BR/>I still do... :)<BR/><BR/>You inspired me to do something... I'm going to ask my mom to write her own testimony of raising a deaf child as a birthday present for me!<BR/><BR/>We'll see if she'd go for that... :D<BR/><BR/>I'd love for you to write the differences of hearing with just one as opposed to two.<BR/><BR/>Here's a shocker for everyone - I'm working on getting a second CI.<BR/><BR/>Why? Because I want to hear surround sounds with music! I recall having two hearing aids as a young child (even though I benefited only little!) and it was better than just one.<BR/><BR/>But I am not going to post or announce on whether I'm getting a 2nd CI, the surgery itself and so forth... 'cause it's such an sensitive issue and I do not like to have my Deaf friends feeling oppressed or thinking I'm putting them down because it's not like that at all. I love them the way they are, too!<BR/><BR/>So I will just keep it to myself. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, welcome!! :)IamMinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15337230366443001201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-38371632987115608012008-01-11T05:53:00.000-08:002008-01-11T05:53:00.000-08:00Valerie, what an AWESOME post! I love how you writ...Valerie, what an AWESOME post! I love how you write, straight from the heart and so understanding of why parents do what they do. <BR/><BR/>I'm also bilaterally implanted in recent years and grew up oral. We have much in common. :)<BR/><BR/>I agree that we all should be one community. The divisiveness of some is making it harder for people with all types of hearing loss and communication modes to achieve what is important. Imagine if we were all a collective group, lobbying efforts to increase access to technology and more would be that much more powerful.<BR/><BR/>Keep on blogging. I'm going to link you to the <A HREF="http://www.hearingexchange.com" REL="nofollow">HearingExchange</A> blog right now. Hope you'll like mine and do the same.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-52214301864663134272008-01-11T03:26:00.000-08:002008-01-11T03:26:00.000-08:00Pdurr - that was a spelling error should have been...Pdurr - that was a spelling error should have been learned. I am still new at this blogging. Thank you for your comment.Valeriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17026325968244954541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1125285923119572329.post-48405185512106737102008-01-11T03:19:00.000-08:002008-01-11T03:19:00.000-08:00thank u for sharing ur experiencei do think that A...thank u for sharing ur experience<BR/><BR/>i do think that ACCEPTANCE by family and self is KEY<BR/><BR/>i really love how u wrote " She wants me to hear ASL now, that way I have the resources I need."<BR/><BR/>HEAR ASL - it was a cool way to word it<BR/><BR/>It is wonderful that ur mom has that wish for u <BR/><BR/>thanks for reminding us that D/deaf folks come in all shapes and sizes<BR/><BR/>Gandhi said "No culture can live, if it attempts to be exclusive"<BR/><BR/>peace<BR/><BR/>patti durrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com