For most, if not all d/Deaf and hard of hearing people, social events can be an awkward one and a difficult one at the same time. If everyone is talking and the environment is not right, then it’s very easy to feel secluded and left alone. But what if you, as a hearing person, want […]
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‘Stop Language Deprivation & Encourage Language Acquisition for Deaf Children’ with Kimberly Sanzo from Language First
In this episode, I got chatting Kimberly Sanzo of Language First who has an incredible insight in the world of language deprivation that d/Deaf children can go through and the importance of having the right environment to encourage language acquisition.
Like all interviews on this podcast, I come away with a different on a topic that I don’t have lot of knowledge about but after chatting to Kimberly, it has opened up my mind about the power of sign languages, and I’m sure it will do the same to you too.