Happy New Year, Everyone! I am very happy to share with you and would like to inform you who won the trip for two to Alaska with the Deaf-Blind Explorers....
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Jan 2, 2007 2:04 am
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Money Identification Survey Dear AccessWorld Reader, Recent court rulings have brought the subject of the independent identification of paper currency by...
Hello everyone! So glad to have found a second Ushers group as well. I am Stephanie and mom to 7 children, all internationally adopted and all special needs....
Hi Stephanie, Anne Baynton, here. Welcome to the group. First let me say how much I admire you to adopt kids with disabilities--You are pretty amazing! My...
Anne Baynton
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Jan 24, 2007 7:33 pm
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Hello Stephenie, My mom sometimes overproction me but she lets me explore things so your son throws things that shows signs that he is high emtionally because...
Thanks Anne. We are all starting basic sign w/ him to communicate and he is picking up quite well. Tests are not ALL back yet as to his deafness. We are...
Hello Stephenie, I guess Nik have no idea why he needs to wear glasses as I have Usher Syndrome myself so I do wear glasses since I was 6 years old so I guess...
Hi again, Barbara has a good point, about putting any hearing aid(s) on Nik's back, if possible (this would be a larger, more durable "body aid" rather than a...
Anne Baynton
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Jan 25, 2007 1:03 am
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Hi Stephanie! We admire you for what you have done for your adopted children. You have given them a future:) Our daughter Megan had Usher 1. Profoundly deaf...
Hi Stephanie I'm Sheila. Retired teacher for the deaf and blind, Mama to 6, grandma to ten. I have Ushers two. I am blind now but use a Cochlear Implant....
Thank you so much. May I ask some of you if you don't mind telling me, at what age did your sight start to really let go. If it is too personal, I do...
Hi Stephanie, Anne Baynton, here. I must take issue with any audiologist who says hearing aids can "completely correct" a hearing loss---That's completely ...
Anne Baynton
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Jan 28, 2007 1:46 pm
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I am so shocked about the implant issue. THey are so dangerous! My son has Ushers as well and I could never put him through the pain and suffering. I also...
SIgh! This last email is why it is so important to advocate for your child. Alas, there are a few people who are audacious enough to believe that they know...
Teresa, What a terrible and unsubstantiated rumor to spread---completely irresponsible of you. My daughter Megan is more likely to be hurt by a falling meteor...
CI's are also a holocost against Deaf and our beautiful language! Not to mention there is no long term testing and most people I know that had them ended up...
I don't mean to be rude and it is NOT ignorance at all. I watched my best friend bury her baby daugher after the implant surgery. I am speaking from ...
Eric, Congratulations on being the "perfect advocate and parent" to your daughter. I believe the other parents, Usher's, and etc. are simply sharing their...
So now Cochlear implants are a "holocaust"?!?!?! You say they cause Autism and Migraines?!?!? Well, considering your claim that they kill people, I shouldn't...
I would not normally respond to such unsubstantiated mean-tempered flames, but when you claim that CI's kill people, lead to "Holocausts" and cause Autism and...
Obviously you haven't done any reseach! It isn't a rumor. We have lost 4 children to bacterial menegitis as a result of implant surgery in our State! Please do...
DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU START TYPING! THESE ARE KNOWN FACTS! I am shocked that group that supports families like ours isn't open to the opinions of other...
Hello everyone, Wow, a lot of ignorant statements have been made on this list as of late, pertaining to the CI issue. Let's clear a few up first for the...
You may want to check your research. Here's a link to the Goverment FDA site about Meningitis and CI's. Just the facts with no spin. Six children, of the...
Sheila, Your note is so uplifting, balanced and refreshing- esp. the last paragraph. You are very secure in who you are and are a great example for my...
