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Colorado Families for Hands and Voices is dedicated to supporting families with children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing without a bias around communication modes or methodology.

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Parent Stories

You are not alone in this journey. We know it may feel that way, we remember that feeling as if it were yesterday. But there is a whole group of us, with lived experiences, to help guide you. For more support, please email us at GBYS@co-hv.org to be connected with a Parent Guide.

To continue getting parent stories, professional insight, and D/HH individual perspective to help guide you, please sign up for the Hands & Voices quarterly newspaper, The Communicator.

“I just received the Hands & Voices newspaper. The new issue always seems to come just when I am struggling, and it always gives me the strength to do more.” Heather Huffaker, mom to a child with later-onset hearing differences.

Jami Fries
Executive Director
cCMV, Deaf Plus, Northern Colorado
Finding Our Way: Nathan and Our New Life

Kelly Fernandez-Kroyer
Data Outreach & Guide By Your Side Coordinator
Unilateral Hearing Loss (UHL), Denver Metro
A Journey of Growth and Understanding

Taylor Judd
Parent Guide Multiple D/HH Children
D/HH Adult & Parent to Multiple D/HH Children, Pikes Peak Region
A New Journey- Raising My Own

Sara Kennedy
Former Executive Director
Late ID, Pikes Peak Region
Changed by Maddie: A Late ID Love Story

Brenda Elliott
Former Parent Guide and ASTra Coordinator
Multiple D/HH Children, Military, Pikes Peak Region
Click for Brenda’s Story

Mah-rya Proper
Former South Denver Parent Guide
Becoming a “Parent of a Deaf Kid”

Chresta Brinkman
Former Parent Guide
The Brinkman Story: Noah, Our Amazing Boy

Liesel Thomas
Former Parent Guide, GBYS/ASTra Coordinator
The Thomas Family: A Story of Passionate Perseverance in Parenting

Amber Korban
Former Northern Colorado Parent Guide
The Duffy Story: Two Kids, Two Journeys

Dessie Berry  
Former Parent Guide
Heartbeats and Hearing: Roux Makes Her Entrance

Valerie Walker
Former Western Slope Parent Guide
The Walker Story Stepping Up For Daniel

DeeAnn Westfall
Former Northern Colorado Parent Guide
The Westfall Story: Waterbirth

Jennifer Richter
Former Parent Guide
Richter Family Story: Late ID and Early Intervention

Alicia Pedroza
Former Western Slope Parent Guide
Alicia Pedroza’s family story 

Amy Scriven
High School IEPs for the Weary Mom

 

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