In the past, SODAs usually attended schools separate from their deaf siblings. Today, a SODA may be able to attend a deaf program together with their deaf siblings, as more schools and programs for the deaf welcome hearing children.
SODAs are seeking recognition, as evidenced by the efforts of Greensoda Productions to develop a film, "SODA Stories," that will focus on how hearing siblings relate to their deaf siblings.
There is a small Yahoo group, "Sibling_of_Deaf" for SODAS to communicate with each other.
BabyHearing.org has advice and comments parents with both deaf and hearing children on its ParentTalk - Siblings of a Child with Hearing Loss page. The page also includes captioned videos.
Research articles on SODAS include these found on eric.ed.gov:
- Parents' Perceptions of Siblings' Interactions with Their Brothers and Sisters Who Are Deaf-Blind. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, vol. 24 number 1, pp. 33-43, Spring 1999. EJ587716.
- My Sister Is Deaf, and What about Me?: Meeting the Needs of Siblings. Perspectives in Education and Deafness, vol. 9 number 1, pp. 12-14, Sep-Oct 1990. EJ418355.
- Communication and Play Behaviors of a Deaf Preschooler and His Younger Sibling. 1979. ED182003.
