If you teach a child who is deaf to speak, won’t he or she miss out on sign language and Deaf culture?

CID’s role is to ensure children have access to a listening and spoken language education at a young age. Some of our students decide to also learn sign language after they leave CID so they can interact with peers who identify within a Deaf culture.

We take pride in our graduates’ ability to successfully integrate into the hearing world and to have peers in both communities if they choose.