Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!apple!olivea!oliveb!bunker!hcap!hnews!163!223.2!Julie.More From: Julie.More@p2.f223.n163.z1.fidonet.org (Julie More) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: Sign languages Message-ID: <18125@bunker.UUCP> Date: 15 Mar 91 05:19:56 GMT Sender: news@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Julie.More@p2.f223.n163.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:163/223.2 - CHANNEL-23, Orleans ON Lines: 27 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 13965 [This is from the Silent Talk Conference] In a message of <03 Feb 91 15:52:18>, Fran O'gorman (1:272/94) writes: > TS> I think the biggest problem is PARENTS. > >Go a little easier on us parents, Tim, remember one day you'll be >one too and it ain't an easy job for sure! :-) I couldn't have put it better myself, Fran. Being a parent is a hard job, and you don't get too much training for it. You kind of have to fend for yourself. Being a parent of a handicap child is harder, because beside being a parent you have to be a medical personnel to understand all the jargons they throw at you, a judge to decide which advice to take, an advocate to defend the rights of your special need child, a psychologist to argue with the test results done by professionals who fail to take your child's handicap into account when scoring test results, and you also have to have the patience of an angel to be able to teach all the special skills your child needs to learn in order to survive in our society. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!163!223.2!Julie.More Internet: Julie.More@p2.f223.n163.z1.fidonet.org