[Sisku Hanne]

I did not mean to imply that deaf children on the whole suffer from attachment disorder. It seems to me that you have explored multiple avenues in your quest to provide your child with the tools for a productive and happy life.

It's hearing of these people who advocate an almost militant stance against cochlear implants, or who terminate a university president for not "being deaf enough" that I wonder about a pathology.

[merry10]

I think there are always militants in every group.

I know you weren't implying that, but it triggered my memory about this one child who is not attached to her family. And for some deaf kids who do have a family - some of these kids have not been taught to communicate via voice OR sign, so when they go to a deaf school and their signing takes off as it is more "natural" for them...they do resent their family for not having learned to communicate with them. I think you need to give a kid SOME language and if one isnt working, try another.