PS: some parrents are very status quo oriented...

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0n (16 Mar 08) Andy Ball wrote to Ardith Hinton...

 AB> Hello Ardith,

 AB>    AH> Maybe it depends on the circumstances, but you don't
 AB>      > come across that way to me. When your daughter needed
 AB>      > to use signs to communicate you didn't run away
 AB>      > screaming... you learned to use signs & taught her to
 AB>      > do the same.

 AB>     We were already signing by the time we realised she
 AB> could not speak.  It did not seem at all difficult at the time because
 AB> she took to it like a duck to water.  My wife already had some ASL
 AB> experience and I'd dabbled in BSL years ago, though I've since
 AB> forgotten all that I learned then. Just being able to communicate with
 AB> our daughter is a beautiful thing.  I suppose other parents feel the
 AB> same way as their child learns to speak.

 AB> Thanks,
 AB>   - Andy Ball.

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