Browsing All posts tagged under »parenting«

Andy Palmer: 10 situations when knowing sign language can help any deaf child (BSL)

July 18, 2014 by

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Many severely or profoundly deaf kids these days wear cochlear implants or hearing aids. Some parents, new to the experience of […]

Tamsin Coates: Trying to communicate in the dark for my sons’ night vision tests

May 13, 2014 by

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Recently, I took my eldest son to an appointment and faced my ‘nemesis’ – the night vision eye tests. I […]

Emily Howlett: 9 milestones deaf parents should record

May 6, 2014 by

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Have you seen any of these hugely popular ‘Baby Milestones’ things? They’re generally books, or lists, or online checkboxes of […]

Emily Howlett: I’ve had enough of competitive parenting

April 22, 2014 by

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Kids, eh? They certainly get under your skin. How many new parents turn to the Internet to blog and tweet […]

Tamsin Coates: Whatever equipment a deaf child uses, they are still deaf

April 15, 2014 by

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‘Is there any such thing as a deaf child anymore?’ This was a question I recently overhead, spoken by an […]

Emily Howlett’s Diary of a Deaf Mum: The horror of nursery

January 24, 2014 by

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It’s one of those things it’s best not to think about. Apparently. But it’s one of those things that gets […]

The Secret Deafie: I’m the hearing daughter of Deaf parents. Here is my story

January 14, 2014 by

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The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. This writer is not deaf, but was […]

Hameeda Raj: How having a deaf son influenced my MBA – on deaf people in employment

September 19, 2013 by

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This is the title of my MBA Dissertation. How and why have I chosen this? We have to go back […]

Emily Howlett’s Diary of a Deaf Mum: My response to baby’s Ten Commandments

September 6, 2013 by

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My baby boy, you are so clever to have brought those previous Ten Commandments to my attention, through the open […]

Andy Palmer: As school starts again, my tips for other parents of deaf children

September 5, 2013 by

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It’s that time of year again – back to school time. Yesterday I gave my boy an almost teary but […]