Monday, August 20, 2007

camp brings smiled to the deaf children.

The isolation of being deaf in a world of hearing kids can be crushing. Just ask Allison Goodright.

"It made me feel really lonely because I couldn't understand any of the kids. And I didn't have any friends," she said.

Mental health therapist Susan Sidman developed a summer program at Seattle Children's Hospital. There are the usual camp activities, such as swimming and art projects, but kids connect another way too. read more

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