Two bright eyes - Marnie talks about parenting her profoundly deaf peashoot daughter
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Marnie is the mum of a peashoot daughter who was identified as being profoundly deaf in both ears at six months of age. Her daughter also has some neuro-divergence that they’re working on understanding. Marnie is an Overpea living in Scotland, who is a regular contributor to the Too Peas In A Podcast Hangout Facebook group)!

Marnie’s peashoot received a cochlear implant at age 1 and also communicates using British Sign Language. Her name is represented by the sign for two bright eyes, as her eyes are always shining and bright. Marnie speaks to Kate and Mandy about the incredible challenges of choosing the right country, city and schools to support her daughter’s learning, language development and community connections. 

Plus: 

• ·Listen to Come Away In) by Karine Polwart – one of Marnie’s favourite songs from the Celtic Connections online festival she watched while in lockdown.The song starts at 2.02. (It’s not on Spotify, so we can’t add it to our playlist).
• Marnie and her husband lived and worked at the Swiss school Ecole d’Humanite) before moving to Scotland.
• To understand the challenges of being a hearing parent of a child in the deaf community, Marnie recommends the book Far From The Tree: A Dozen Kinds Of Love) by Andrew Solomon.
• Read the 2018 World Federation of the Deaf’s Position Paper on Inclusive Education).
• Dads - watch and share the Warwick University Dads of Disabled Children Research Advisory Group’s video resources).
• Marnie’s husband’s book is The Edge Of The Solid World) by Daniel Davis Wood. The book comes with a trigger warning of multiple traumatic events including deaths of children, babies, miscarriage and real historical events of massacres.
• Order customised Easter (and every other occasion) decorations at Etch41).

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