bilingualism

Today Chris and I were on our first parent panel. We were asked to come to a regional meeting that the State Dept of Ed sponsors for those who are service providers for children with hearing loss. There were people in the room from all over ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/24/2010 - 21:23 - 2 comments

Ellis runs ahead of me in all his four-year-old boy vivacity. As I lumber along with the baby on my back, lugging our little bag full of snacks and water bottles, I watch him, waiting for the moment, just before he disappears around the ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/14/2009 - 22:36 - 19 comments

In June of 2005 our son, E, was born. E's birth was the bright spot in a very difficult year. In the wake personal loss, regret, and tragedy, E's arrival brought us joy and peace. We had just moved from New Orleans, only a few months before Hurricane ...

Story - admin - 01/13/2009 - 17:29 - 8 comments

Hubby blogs---- Wow. What a week. Actually, it's been a week and a half. About the middle of last week, I was looking at a deadline. I knew I had to finish this particular project by the end of the week or so, though I did think I would have the ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/27/2008 - 11:14 - 4 comments

Ellis is a big boy now. We held his IEP meeting today in our home and drafted up a thorough Individualized Education Plan for when he turns three in a month and a half (eek!). Thankfully, we squeezed this in before baby. The meeting lasted two ...

Blog entry - diber - 05/03/2008 - 00:26 - 8 comments

One of the things that needs to happen before baby is getting Ellis's IEP squared away, which is scheduled for May 2. So far, the IEP is turning out to be a much saner arrangement than E's IFSP (the 0-3 program). It's just us and two intelligent ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/15/2008 - 10:19 - 2 comments

Yet another rare appearance by Dad! Ever see Das Boot, or Crimson Tide? The Hunt for Red October doesn't count, because it doesn't really convey the reality of daily life on a submarine. It's excruciatingly boring, characterized by much olfactory ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/14/2008 - 23:04 - 9 comments

E's been doing really well about wearing the CI. Much better. He's worn it without taking it off all day almost every day for the past couple of weeks. (Except for the bit yesterday when he wouldn't wear his hat and CI at the same time--and the hat ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/12/2008 - 23:37 - 4 comments

It's been six months since Ellis's CI activation . It was actually 6 mos exactly a week ago, but I've been wanting to sit down and write a long, eloquent post, but it's just not going to happen, at least eloquence isn't. So I'll pound out some details ...

Blog entry - diber - 01/31/2008 - 23:42 - 12 comments

It's probably about time to do another update on how fantastic Ellis is *grin*. I was kind of on hiatus from all deaf blogging for a little while. The comments were starting to get too intense for me, which, to some extent, I allow to happen merely by ...

Blog entry - diber - 11/03/2007 - 22:06 - 14 comments

The two month mark has passed from E's CI activation. He's doing well, especially expressively. When he's wearing the CI, he more regularly turns to his name/other sounds. And he's consistently saying "bye-bye" and "aaah" for airplane. He's imitating ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/27/2007 - 23:14 - 33 comments

Though I almost never post on my wife's blog, I almost always read through the comments she gets re. d/Deaf issues. Mostly I tend to stay away from commenting, because I have a tendency to take things personally, whereas she is much more measured in her ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/26/2007 - 17:46 - 43 comments

Ellis's CI was activated on July 24. It is now August 25. So, how is E doing? Well, not bad! Sound awareness is the first step in the CI training process. Learning how to use the CI is often called "rehabilitation", but I find that term kind ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/25/2007 - 23:57 - 49 comments

When we had a baby and found out that he was deaf, one of the first things we did was set about learning sign language as fast as possible. Signing was something I was considering anyway, because of the widespread popularity of baby signs to give babies ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/28/2007 - 12:43 - 12 comments

I'm too tired to really write much tonight. I've got to go to bed. I just got back from the train. I was at CHOP (Children's Hosp. of Philly) this evening attending a parent's panel for cochlear implants. A few parents on the panel, a few in ...

Blog entry - diber - 11/17/2006 - 00:24 - 2 comments

I am totally loving Google Reader. I've loaded all the blogs and news sites that I read/would like to read and it puts it all together for me. So now I'm not missing blogs I'd like to catch but don't always have time to catch on the blog rounds, and ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/14/2006 - 00:53 - 10 comments