The human right to language : communication access for deaf children /

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"In 1982, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Amy Rowley, a deaf six-year-old, was not entitled to have a sign language interpreter in her public school classroom. Lawrence M. Siegel wholeheartedly disagrees with this decision in these pages. Instead, he contends that the United States C...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Siegel, Lawrence M., 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, ©2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Foundation.
Subjects:
Deaf > Means of communication.
Hearing impaired children > Education > United States.
Deaf children > Education > United States.
Hearing impaired > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Deaf > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Personnes sourdes > Moyens de communication.
Enfants handicapés auditifs > Éducation > États-Unis.
Enfants sourds > Éducation > États-Unis.
EDUCATION / General
Deaf children > Education
Deaf > Legal status, laws, etc.
Deaf > Means of communication
Hearing impaired children > Education
Hearing impaired > Legal status, laws, etc.
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Gehörlosigkeit
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United States
USA
"Multi-User"
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The importance of communication and language
  • Communication, language, and education
  • The First Amendment : the broad right to express and receive information and ideas
  • The First Amendment and freedom of association
  • The importance of the First Amendment : protecting the extremes of speech
  • Introduction to the Fourteenth Amendment
  • Equal protection and the place of education in American society
  • Equal protection and the right to communication and language
  • The application of bilingual-education law and programs to deaf and hard of hearing students
  • A proposal.

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