CHARGE: Re: and Signing

[Guest guest]

Michele,

I'm interested to see how is going to be in the mix of the

group of us. Usually if it's just he and I out he tends to want to

stay around me and have my attention to himself. I'm hoping that he

makes a bond with the other older CHARGERs and wants to break away

from me a little. Now that he is in deaf/signing enviorment in his

home he expects me to be able to interpret everything going on for

him. It exhausts me pretty quickly.There's time I wish for a tag

along interpreter. It's going to be a blessing to have others around

who can sign. I hate to admit this but no one else in our family know

enough conversational sign to be able to have a flowing conversation

with . Henry has tried but isn't good with retaining it. Dawn

took classes but isn't around him enough to keep fresh with it.

Outside imediate family no one even tries very much.

Chip, , Chantelle, and some others have been emailing with

and he is real excited about meeting them.

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> are CHARGE conversations to be had!

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> Michele W

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> From: CHARGE [mailto:CHARGE ] On

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> artthrobgracie10

> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 9:55 AM

> To: CHARGE

> Subject: CHARGE: Re: The Idea of a CHARGE waiver

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> Michele,

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> I am sooo looking forward to meeting you...They may need a pry bar

> to get us apart once we start talking....)

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[Guest guest]

That will be so cool for to have true peers to sign with! That's one

reason I have wanted Aubrie to learn sign - so she can communicate directly

with her CHARGE peers. I think of them almost as siblings because they have

more in common than peers - almost like siblings. They share genetic

material - that makes them a real family in some ways.

Michele