@ShawnieceR @MariTalks2Much Bit of crutch in the beginning if oral language if your overall goal of communicating. She’s so great at using her cochlears and lip reading it’s easy to see how learning ASL for the entire family could be pushed aside.
@ShawnieceR @MariTalks2Much Hiiii mommy to a deaf daughter, my input will also be just from my experience. My daughter wears cochlear implants (she’s 4) we taught her basic signs as an infant (mom, dad, milk, sleep etc) but it was suggested we lean heavily into oral language at first because ASL can be a