Thursday, April 23, 2009

Interesting Article from Disabook

Children of Deaf Parents: Top 3 Issues

Understanding the issues for children of disabled parents

Research shows that more than 90 percent of all children born to deaf parents are hearing, presenting special challenges and rewards to both groups. And although information about hearing parents raising deaf children abounds, it's harder to locate advice about what deaf parents need to be aware of in parenting their hearing kids.

Overall, the children of deaf parents do just as well as their peers in family life. But it pays to be aware of a few pitfalls that can be encountered. 



http://www.disaboom.com/Health/hearingimpairment/Research/children-of-deaf-parents-top-3-issues.aspx?IADID=Feature_wk53&utm_campaign=Disaboom%20Weekly:%20Top%203%20Issues%20for%20Children%20of%20Deaf%20Parents&utm_content=deafawe@msn.com&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=VerticalResponse&utm_term=Read%20more:%20Children%20of%20Deaf%20Parent

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