My 14 year old is profoundly deaf. He does not use a cochlear implant nor does he benefit from a hearing aid. We started him out in a mainstream school in kindergarten but removed him when we saw that wasn't working. He attended a school for the Deaf from the middle of kindergarten until 8th grade. He asked to be mainstreamed this year.I have 2 other kids but neither of them are special needs so I am new to navigating this. We drew up and IEP and my son has an interpreter for most of his classes. He also has speech to text software and teachers print out any notes that he will need instead of making him copy them so he can focus on the interpreter. He also gets more time on test because his reading is slow (common for deaf kids) and he doesn't get docked for grammatical errors in the same way that hearing student would since he's fluent in ASL but English is harder for him.With that said, he is a smart kid and has been getting away with a lot more than he should. I know when he hasn't put his best effort into something. He had a paper recently that was B quality work at best and he was granted an A. He did very little homework for one class. We don't nag him about homework, just as we don't nag our hearing kids about homework, and figure that he can accept the consequences if he doesn't do the work. He missed a few science assignments but it wasn't reflected in his homework grade. He has a perfect 100 percent for homework and I know that's not right.He also plays basketball for his school. He is a good athlete but has only ever played on Deaf teams before. The coach is way more reluctant to pull him if he's not playing well than he is to pull any other kid.I don't know how to address this. Accommodations are meant to level the playing field but I am worried that my son is being given an advantage. I want him to keep all of his accommodations but don't want any of the "extras" that teachers are throwing in. via /r/Parenting http://bit.ly/2sYa41r
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