2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
4/15/2014 | 10:10 AM - 10:40 AM | The Importance of Maintaining a Deaf/Hard of Hearing Community While in the Mainstream | Grand Ballroom 2 | 7
The Importance of Maintaining a Deaf/Hard of Hearing Community While in the Mainstream
Deaf/Hard of Hearing students educated in the mainstream and are often the only Deaf/Hard of Hearing student in their schools. Students and parents may feel isolated and the school staff and administration may have no prior experience with hearing loss. As parents, we have sought out ways to address social issues. There are a variety of ways that parents can support continuing connection with one another and with the larger Deaf/Hard of Hearing community. We will touch upon our efforts and experiences with parent groups; membership in organizations like Hands and Voices and AG Bell; social groups where kids can connect; family camps and sleep away camps; speech and language providers and TODs; searching for physicians and other professionals who have experience with Deaf/Hard of Hearing patients, and the importance of participation in conferences like EHDI. We intend for parents and professionals to talk about the issues that we know many of us face, but often don’t have the critical mass to address, in finding ways to help our kids navigate their lives with greater ease.
- Participants will leave with a better understanding of the social issues Deaf/Hard of Hearing children face and feel connected to a larger community of people.
- Participants will be a part of a greater Call to Action to help our Deaf/Hard of Hearing children navigate their lives with greater ease.
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Presenters/Authors
Lisa A Weiss
(Primary Presenter), LAW Access Education LLC, coloradocues@gmail.com;
Lisa A. Weiss is a mediator and a public school policy expert. She provides direct instruction in self advocacy, work adjustment training, and communication access as a private educational interpreter with a family based cooperative School to Work Alliance Program called Solid Ground Denver.
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Susan Fingerle
(Co-Presenter), Hands & Voices, susanfingerle@msn.com;
Susan Fingerle is the parent of a 13 year old son who is Hard of Hearing. Susan has worked as a special education attorney since 2002 and has been involved with Hands & Voices in New York and Alabama. Her family recently moved to Denver, Colorado.
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