Re: sign language re: danischrimpe's reply

[Guest guest]

I don't really want to create a controversial here but I think that

Dani was giving me advice not at a professional level but a mother to

mother level. She probably remembered that my son Cole does have

speech and has mild apraxia if that and was just trying to give me

some easy pointers to go with.

Chasley

[Guest guest]

Hi Chasley, Dani and Lori,

I agree with all of you because you are coming from different schools

of thought that I have been in and out of. I agree with Lori -she

makes excellent points about safety for our children, etc. and I

know she has personal experience with sign language because I know

her very well - and her child is hearing impaired and apraxic. I

also know that the last thing Lori would want to do is upset anyone.

I remember at the first CHERAB meeting Lori attended she came up to

me at the end and said " Don't think I'm being rude when I'm looking

up at the ceiling during the meetings -it's the only way I can keep

from crying listening to the stories "

I also agree with Dani in that just about all apraxic children

develop their " own " sign language that only we -the parents -

understand. I remember putting Tanner's " own " signs into his

communication book on his first day of Preschool because I knew that

they wouldn't understand him. Tanner did have universal signs like

Lori said they should have -but in his attempts to explain -

everything!!- he made up signs all the time too. I used to say he

was like Harpo Marx or something - he'd make himself " heard " by

acting it out.

I believe if we all got together it would be fine and we would all

agree with the various views -sometimes in writing vs talking points

can be taken different than what is meant -and since we are not

there to explain any of these type of misunderstandings, our points

are not seen clearly.

Hey -maybe this just shows us once again the frustration our little

ones go through every day!

Hugs to all of you!

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