Family Stories of Raising Children who are Deaf/Hard of Hearing
You are not alone in this journey. We know it may feel that way, we remember that feeling as if it were yesterday. But there is a whole group of us, with lived experiences, to help guide you. For more support, please email us at GBYS@co-hv.org to be connected with a Parent Guide.
To continue getting parent stories, professional insight, and D/HH individual perspective to help guide you, please sign up for the Hands & Voices quarterly newspaper, The Communicator.
“I just received the Hands & Voices newspaper. The new issue always seems to come just when I am struggling, and it always gives me the strength to do more.” Heather Huffaker, mom to a child with later-onset hearing differences.
While you wait for the newest edition of The Communicator, read through some of our local parent stories that highlight struggles, successes and personal accounts of raising a child that is deaf/hard of hearing.
Jami Fries
Finding Our Way: Nathan and Our New Life
Kelly Fernandez-Kroyer
A Journey of Growth and Understanding
Kimberly Nadeau
Kenzie Kerr
Shay Smiley
The Smiley-McAllister Journey: A Deep Dive into Resources and Education
Sara Kennedy
Changed by Maddie: A Late ID Love Story
Taylor Judd
A New Journey- Raising My Own
Mah-rya Proper
Becoming a “Parent of a Deaf Kid"
Chresta Brinkman
The Brinkman Story: Noah, Our Amazing Boy
Dessie Berry
Heartbeats and Hearing: Roux Makes Her Entrance
Jennifer Richter
Richter Family Story: Late ID and Early Intervention
Amy Scriven
High School IEPs for the Weary Mom
