went to elicit data from hearing-impaired parents last Sun.
there was this three-year-old Eddie that i kinda noticed because i suspected he might be autistic.
there was this blank look about him that made me wonder.
and he looked lost in his own world--when i tried to talk to him, his eyes didn't engage mine

a horrible thing to think of another human being?

anyway, somehow got to play around with Eddie.
taught him to voice the word "blue" and its equivalent sign
taught him to voice "yellow"
taught him to voice half the alphabet (his attention span was quite short) and their equivalent signs

my Good Deed for that day.
i think i have an intriguing and legitimate issue on my hands.
based on my observation those two days, toddlers of hearing-impaired parents are indeed somewhat backward with regards to communication skills as compared to their hearing counterparts of hearing parents
but i am not competent enough to capture that phenomenon. sigh.
how can we reach out to these children?
would we have the energy to do so in the first place?

i hope every little bit helps--that Eddie would find it easier to learn the alphabet because of this kor-kor's feeble efforts