Deaf children often have a unique way of making sense of the world around them. For example, many Deaf children with hearing parents (like my son) believe that all children are born deaf, and when they grow up, they magically learn to hear.
A childhood belief about i'm different
others believed things like this
- When I was little ,I used to believe that deaf people didn't have ears.— rainbow
- I'm deaf in one ear. Until I was 7 I believed that if I didn't sleep on my good ear, dinosaurs would eat me.Anon
- I used to beleive when ppl didn't talk (deaf ppl) they lost their voice and could never talk again!— Tiara 10
- I was convinced that children weren't humans, only adults were, children were a total different race!— Leda
- I used to think Kenny Rogers had 400 children and a crop in the field. Rather than 4 hungry children.Anon
- There were no writers behind children's books--they just magically appeared at the library! Anon