I am the mother of three children: a college freshman (Kyle) who is profoundly deaf, a teen-aged daughter
(Megan) with sloping mild to profound hearing loss, and a hearing son (Keegan) who is finishing the second
grade. My parental journey through an inaccessible world—and all the steps therein—began 14 years ago when
my nearly five-year-old son was identified as having a hearing loss, was emboldened when Megan was
diagnosed with a hearing loss, and continues today, step by step, learning experience by learning experience.
From Michelle Rich about parents