My own understanding of the importance of connecting parents and children to adults who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (D/HH) developed over time while raising my stepson. His eyes would widen, light up and a smile would grow on his face every single time he would see another Deaf person-- no matter where we were or what we were doing.
The realities of being the only one of a handful of D/HH students in his school and our community was the more common experience, but these instances reinforced a lesson I carry with me today in my work at CEID.
