Reading Posts Tagged ‘Deaf Community’
Ten Top Tips for Parenting a Special Needs Child
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Parenting a special needs child is challenging, have faith and make sure you have a good support system of family, friends, and people from your child’s school system.
Make the welfare of your child a high...
Raveena Jasleen Stephen’s Dedication at Grace Chapel, MA
On a beautiful and sunny Sunday, May 30th 2010, we had Raveena’s dedication to God and a celebration party. Raveena was born on August 3rd 2008 on a beautiful sunny Sunday. She is hearing. The name “Raveena” means beauty of the sun. Her middle name “Jasleen” means absorbed in singing the praises of God. Amrit and I chose both her...
Grace Chapel in Lexington , MA. Christian ministry for the Deaf
Grace Chapel in Lexington , Massachusetts has a Christian ministry for the Deaf. This ministry is very inclusive. When we found out our daughter-in-law, Amrit, was pregnant we switch church to Grace Chapel. Larry, Amrit and us believed it was very important to attend a church with a ministry for the Deaf, now that their family was expanding...
Deaf Adults Are Awesome Parents
Our son Larry and Amrit his wife are strong and independent Deaf adults. They both have Masters degrees in Deaf Education and are both teachers, who own their home. Larry and Amrit have a beautiful daughter,...
A New Year, A New Decade, Time for New Efforts.
It is the first week of February 2010, January is all gone! I feel this year 2010, is a very special year! It is start of a new decade! So even if it is February it is not too late to make New Year’s resolutions or set goals.
If you recently found out your child is deaf, do...
Parenting a Deaf Child as a Hearing Parenting, You Must Learn American Sign Language: Deaf Parenting.
Alex and I were very young parents when we found out Larry was deaf. Larry is now a successful Deaf adult. Based on our experience we feel it is very important for hearing parents to learn American Sign Language (ASL). Here are my thoughts on hearing parents learning ASL.
Having a deaf child was totally new...
The Deaf prefers open living areas for visual communication- Deaf Parenting.
Deaf people like their living areas to be open without walls so they can use American Sign Language (ASL) for visual communication. Instead of rooms such as kitchen, dining and living room being enclosed with walls, Deaf people prefer no or few walls so they can communicate via sign language across rooms.
In Larry, Amrit and...
Deaf Parenting: Improving Reading Skills of Deaf Children
Our son loves soccer and sports, so we used this to his benefit. We got him his own subscriptions to junior and adult soccer magazines, sports illustrated, wrestling magazines and books on soccer for youths and teens. Larry loved these...
American Sign Language Dictionary Websites-Deaf Parenting
1) http://asl.ms/
2) http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
3) http://www.aslpro.com
Accent= Various sounds by voices (hearing people)
Dialect= Various signs by visual communication (Deaf people)
Warning:
Some signs are not the same across the nation.
American Sign Language dictionary websites are not a guarantee method to learn American Sign Language fluently.
To...
American Sign Language Class-Deaf Parenting
I decided to refresh my sign language skills and so I attended my first of nine American Sign Language (ASL) classes at Deaf, Inc last night. What a great diverse group! The teacher is Deaf and has already set the tone to make the class fun, and raised our interest in ASL and Deaf culture. ...
