Comments for Rachel Coleman http://www.rachelcoleman.com Strong Enough To Be... Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Rachel and Emilie by Learn Sign Language » Update on Eliza: Alex’s little sister is signing away! http://www.rachelcoleman.com/rachel-and-emilie/comment-page-1/#comment-15462 Learn Sign Language » Update on Eliza: Alex’s little sister is signing away! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:15 +0000 http://www.signingtime.com/rachel/?page_id=23#comment-15462 [...] just got this fun update from Emilie Brown, co-creator of Signing Time and Rachel’s sister: Eliza is now 16 months old. She started signing milk and more by 9 months and regularly [...] [...] just got this fun update from Emilie Brown, co-creator of Signing Time and Rachel’s sister: Eliza is now 16 months old. She started signing milk and more by 9 months and regularly [...]

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]]> Comment on Let the Singers Sing – Let the Quilters Quilt by Ester http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2012/01/02/let-the-singers-sing-let-the-quilters-quilt/comment-page-1/#comment-15457 Ester Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:52:04 +0000 http://www.rachelcoleman.com/?p=2975#comment-15457 Hi, Rachel. First I must tell you that you and your family are my family's heroes. We became interested in signing because my three year old daughter has special needs and cannot communicate with us properly. Her therapists have introduced her to simple signs like up, more, play, again, give me, finished, etc. She lapped them up like a thirsty puppy! We wanted to expand her signing knowledge and that's how we stumbled upon your DVDs. My daughter and I (and my neurotypical sons, ages 5 and 7) really enjoy them. My daughter needs more time to catch on, but my sons are signing full sentences to me, and it's only been two weeks since we started! (My five year old even had a dream that you were making a show down the block from us and that we were the first ones to come. :)) We thought you were amazing as it is, before we found out that Leah is your daughter and that you started all this so that her friends could talk to her. That warmed my heart. Then I saw a piece about your travels to Ghana on one of your DVDs, and it moved me to tears to see the gift of communication being bestowed upon people who never imagined something so ordinary would ever be possible for them. Just yesterday I discovered this blog and read some of your posts, and wow. I didn't think it was possible to respect you any more than I already did, but I do. I didn't know that adorable little girl who appears in so many of the videos is your daughter, Lucy. It's amazing how Leah's struggles were able to help her little sister before she was even born. In Hebrew there is a phrase, G-d prepares the cure before the affliction. As you said, Leah having been born before Lucy was a great blessing. I can't even begin to tell you how much respect I have for you. You have taken what for other families would have been a stumbling block and turned it into a stepping stone. It is my dream to someday be able to lift up my daughter's disabilities and turn them into something amazing. Rachel, you and your family have literally changed the WORLD. How many people could say that? Hi, Rachel.
First I must tell you that you and your family are my family’s heroes.
We became interested in signing because my three year old daughter has special needs and cannot communicate with us properly. Her therapists have introduced her to simple signs like up, more, play, again, give me, finished, etc. She lapped them up like a thirsty puppy!
We wanted to expand her signing knowledge and that’s how we stumbled upon your DVDs. My daughter and I (and my neurotypical sons, ages 5 and 7) really enjoy them. My daughter needs more time to catch on, but my sons are signing full sentences to me, and it’s only been two weeks since we started! (My five year old even had a dream that you were making a show down the block from us and that we were the first ones to come. :) )

We thought you were amazing as it is, before we found out that Leah is your daughter and that you started all this so that her friends could talk to her. That warmed my heart. Then I saw a piece about your travels to Ghana on one of your DVDs, and it moved me to tears to see the gift of communication being bestowed upon people who never imagined something so ordinary would ever be possible for them.

Just yesterday I discovered this blog and read some of your posts, and wow. I didn’t think it was possible to respect you any more than I already did, but I do. I didn’t know that adorable little girl who appears in so many of the videos is your daughter, Lucy. It’s amazing how Leah’s struggles were able to help her little sister before she was even born. In Hebrew there is a phrase, G-d prepares the cure before the affliction. As you said, Leah having been born before Lucy was a great blessing.

I can’t even begin to tell you how much respect I have for you. You have taken what for other families would have been a stumbling block and turned it into a stepping stone. It is my dream to someday be able to lift up my daughter’s disabilities and turn them into something amazing.
Rachel, you and your family have literally changed the WORLD. How many people could say that?

]]> Comment on Let the Singers Sing – Let the Quilters Quilt by Brenda http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2012/01/02/let-the-singers-sing-let-the-quilters-quilt/comment-page-1/#comment-15455 Brenda Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:46:36 +0000 http://www.rachelcoleman.com/?p=2975#comment-15455 Haha. I did the same thing. I made a king size quilt 10 years ago...still no back. :/ Haha. I did the same thing. I made a king size quilt 10 years ago…still no back. :/

]]> Comment on My Two Cents: Cochlear Implants by Rachel Coleman http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2011/09/07/my-two-cents-cochlear-implants/comment-page-2/#comment-15374 Rachel Coleman Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:35:55 +0000 http://www.rachelcoleman.com/?p=2831#comment-15374 Patricia, I don't think it's a blunder to ask a child with hearing aids if they sign. I ask children with CIs if they sign. My sister-in-law met a deaf boy in high school. She noticed his hearing aids and was so excited to sign with him, because she knew some ASL. He was offended when she signed to him and he said, "I'm Deaf! I'm not stupid!" I think she has been scarred ever since. The bigger issue in that story is that somewhere somehow that boy equated signing with a lack of intelligence and THAT in my opinion is a worse blunder than yours or my sister-in-law's. Patricia, I don’t think it’s a blunder to ask a child with hearing aids if they sign. I ask children with CIs if they sign. My sister-in-law met a deaf boy in high school. She noticed his hearing aids and was so excited to sign with him, because she knew some ASL. He was offended when she signed to him and he said, “I’m Deaf! I’m not stupid!” I think she has been scarred ever since. The bigger issue in that story is that somewhere somehow that boy equated signing with a lack of intelligence and THAT in my opinion is a worse blunder than yours or my sister-in-law’s.

]]> Comment on My Two Cents: Cochlear Implants by Rachel Coleman http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2011/09/07/my-two-cents-cochlear-implants/comment-page-2/#comment-15373 Rachel Coleman Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:32:00 +0000 http://www.rachelcoleman.com/?p=2831#comment-15373 Thank you Bobbie. I wouldn't wish our journey and the fears and anguish and tears on anyone, though I do wish that every parent of a deaf child and every deaf chid is happy, fulfilled and surrounded by people and programs that can truly support them. Thank you Bobbie. I wouldn’t wish our journey and the fears and anguish and tears on anyone, though I do wish that every parent of a deaf child and every deaf chid is happy, fulfilled and surrounded by people and programs that can truly support them.

]]> Comment on My Two Cents: Cochlear Implants by Rachel Coleman http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2011/09/07/my-two-cents-cochlear-implants/comment-page-2/#comment-15372 Rachel Coleman Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:29:36 +0000 http://www.rachelcoleman.com/?p=2831#comment-15372 You are so welcome! I have joked that "Speech Is A Skill" will be on my headstone someday. I think it is very important for parents to understand it and even more important to address the unsubstantiated "fear of signing" - Signing does detract from any process you choose. In my opinion, all children should sign, even the hearing ones. You are so welcome! I have joked that “Speech Is A Skill” will be on my headstone someday. I think it is very important for parents to understand it and even more important to address the unsubstantiated “fear of signing” – Signing does detract from any process you choose. In my opinion, all children should sign, even the hearing ones.

]]> Comment on My Two Cents: Cochlear Implants by Rachel Coleman http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2011/09/07/my-two-cents-cochlear-implants/comment-page-2/#comment-15371 Rachel Coleman Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:27:13 +0000 http://www.rachelcoleman.com/?p=2831#comment-15371 Amy, there are still days that I can't believe that Leah has a CI. I was SO against it. I don't think it is the right choice for every deaf child or for every family. It's not a quick fix. It's still a very emotional issue for me and I feel very protective of Leah. I don't think our way is "the right way" for everyone, but it worked out great for our family. Best of luck to you! ~R Amy, there are still days that I can’t believe that Leah has a CI. I was SO against it. I don’t think it is the right choice for every deaf child or for every family. It’s not a quick fix. It’s still a very emotional issue for me and I feel very protective of Leah. I don’t think our way is “the right way” for everyone, but it worked out great for our family. Best of luck to you!
~R

]]> Comment on My Two Cents: Cochlear Implants by Rachel Coleman http://www.rachelcoleman.com/2011/09/07/my-two-cents-cochlear-implants/comment-page-2/#comment-15370 Rachel Coleman Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:25:02 +0000 http://www.rachelcoleman.com/?p=2831#comment-15370 Leah has a bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. They used to believe that CIs wouldn't help children with auditory neuropathy, but that view has changed in the past 9 years as well. Keep searching. Contact the CI companies directly and check in with ENTs to see if they know of anyone who has successfully been implanted who is dealing with the same thing as your child Leah has a bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. They used to believe that CIs wouldn’t help children with auditory neuropathy, but that view has changed in the past 9 years as well. Keep searching. Contact the CI companies directly and check in with ENTs to see if they know of anyone who has successfully been implanted who is dealing with the same thing as your child

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