Indiana resouces - found some :)

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You are so welcome. I have emailed my friend who works for WPSD/ASDC

about resources in Indiana. A family I know is moving to Indiana,

so I asked if she could put me in touch with her.

Another resource i found today which might be more timely is this

one:

http://www.deaf-kids.com/IND/

I called them and talked to Amber (I wanted to make sure they did

not advocate for any one method). She is at . She was

very very nice and said she can hook you up with resources in your

part of the state.

What I found over the years is that we parents become the experts -

back in the 90s, they thought my Hayley had :tourettes (No), Autism

(No). I ended up learning a lot about autism. Now she has chronic

urticaria, so I'm learning about that. The same will happen for

you.

And I just had a thought. from Illinois is very active in

Hands and Voices, and they have a chapter in Indiana:

http://www.handsandvoices.org/chapters/indiana.htm

All the best to you -

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > If there are programs for deaf children in the area, boy I sure

> > can't find

> > > them. I've looked online for days and found an auditory -

verbal

> > therapy

> > > services center in Merrillville which is about 25-30 minutes

from

> > my house.

> > > I've left messages inquiring about their facility, etc. with no

> > return call

> > > as of yet. I'll give them a week and then call back again.

Is this

> > > something I should be looking into?

> > >

> > > was diagnosed with congenital sensorineural deafness at

the

> > age of 8.

> > > I actually had the info on it and showed the doctor and he said

> > yes, that is

> > > what she has. Needless to say, that is as far as its gone.

Now I

> > am

> > > reading things about kidney problems due to hearing loss on

this

> > website.

> > > Should I be concerned with this? Who should I be address these

> > issues with?

> > > I just feel very lost. There are no other children in 's

> > school with

> > > a hearing loss like hers. The ones that do have hearing loss

have

> > downs

> > > syndrome and their parents aren't sure where I should go either

> > with my

> > > questions. Then I also read on here that I should have gotten

a CT

> > scan or

> > > an MRI? No one even brought those up to me! Should I have

this

> > done now?

> > > Is it necessary now?

> > >

> > > Sorry for the long response. I just feel very lost in my

> > daughter's silent

> > > world!

> > >

> > > Diane

> > >

> > > Re: I feel really dumb

> > >

> > >

> > > > Diane

> > > >

> > > > Sorry, I have been on vacation and did not see your post. I

see

> > that

> > > > you are in Indiana. Indiana has really good programs, from

what I

> > > > can recall, for deaf children.

> > > >

> > > > Your school district should be setting you up with early

> > > > intervention. . It is up to you and your family if you want

to

> > sign

> > > > or not. I personally do, and I also think it is a good way

to

> > > > provide your child with communication while you decide what

is the

> > > > best communication path to follow. You can use it as a

bridge and

> > > > then not use it as your family becomes more comfortable with

oral

> > > > methods, or you can continue signing and incorporate speech

if you

> > > > want...and meet people you might not have met.

> > > >

> > > > There are a lot of options out there. Best wishes to you,

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > If no one takes the time to explain things to you, how

would you

> > > > know? I'm sure you're like many of the rest of us here in

that

> > > > we've never really known a deaf or hard of hearing person

before,

> > > > our children are the first. There are a couple of books

that are

> > > > great for parents. Of course the exact titles seem to be

escaping

> > > > from my aging mind. One is by Sue Schwartz " Choices in

Deafness " .

> > > > The other one I think is called " You and your Deaf Child " .

> > > > >

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