Archive for December, 2007

Annals Of A Teenage Deaf Driver

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Soon after learning to drive as a 17-year-old, I realised its value to my social life. After-school phone chats to friends weren’t an option, so the family car would be borrowed for evening visits. Near-misses while negotiating friends’ dark driveways were carefully logged  in my experience as episodes not to ...

Annals Of A Teenage Deaf Driver

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007

Soon after learning to drive as a 17-year-old, I realised its value to my social life. After-school phone chats to friends weren’t an option, so the family car would be borrowed for evening visits. Near-misses while negotiating friends’ dark driveways were carefully logged  in my experience as episodes not to ...

IrishDeafKids.ie News

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

From next month, IrishDeafKids.ie will move to its own web domain, www.irishdeafkids.ie, with a new branding identity and resource areas. Site posts will feed through to www.release.ie, to whom we are very grateful for our initial web presence in 2007. This move would not be happening without the Social Entrepreneurs Ireland ...

IrishDeafKids.ie News

Thursday, December 13th, 2007

From next month, IrishDeafKids.ie will move to its own web domain, www.irishdeafkids.ie, with a new branding identity and resource areas. Site posts will feed through to www.release.ie, to whom we are very grateful for our initial web presence in 2007. This move would not be happening without the Social Entrepreneurs Ireland ...

Toilet Training from hammie

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

Toilet Training and Communication Many parents of children with special educational needs run into some difficulty when it comes to toilet training. It can source of some shame and embarrassment when you are comparing your child to others. Please remember, a lot of parents LIE about toilet training so do ...

Question from hammie

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

What is the best way to teach a child with High functioning autism or Aspergers NOT to comment on certain characteristics about another person. When mixing with groups of mixed special needs such as at Special Olympics; my friend’s son is inclined to comment loudly on aspects of the other ...