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Human Rights Violation: Gender

gender equality has come to reflect equity of human rights, as well. This Western ideology, however, has not infiltrated those gl...

Deaf Child and the Impact Upon a Hearing Sibling

sisters" (Lobato, et al, 1991, p. 398). While studies that have focused on the siblings of handicapped children are rare, there ...

Hendrick Hudson v. Rowley (1982)

the States must fulfill in order to receive federal funds under the Education of the Handicapped Act (subsequently referred as "th...

Deaf Ministry

two-week Sign Language School, which is offered by the International Sign Language Schools (ISLS) and conducted each year at the A...

DEATH, DYING AND AMERICAN CULTURE: 1900-2010

all that terrific. What is wrong with this picture? Why would an elderly man put himself through such discomfort, simply to...

Preparing Children to Take Music Lessons

in reaching deaf and blind children who would otherwise tune out. When used to help children learn basic skills, it is referred to...

The Deaf of Martha’s Vineyard

- virtually all of them knew it - so that they could "talk" to their deaf friends (Groce). Not only that, but when Groce interview...

ADA Regulations, Services to Deaf, Hard of Hearing

This essay pertains to Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), which requires that interpreter services must be ma...

Working with the Deaf-Blind and "The Miracle Worker"

This essay offers analysis and discussion of "The Miracle Worker" by William Gibson. The writer relates this material to current d...

"Music Within," The Story of Richard Pimentel

This essay presents a movie review of "Music Within," (2007, directed by Steven Sawalich). The film stars Ron Livingston as Richa...

Autobiography of Helen Keller

This paper concerns the autobiography of Helen Keller, which recounts her struggle to overcome being blind and deaf. Three pages i...

Communication Mode Decisions for Education Deaf Students

an entirely different framework by which progress is judged. As it can be difficult to regulate such matters, South Australia has ...

Instruction of the Deaf, A Film Analysis

to abide by her decision to communicate only in sign language. Young children acquire language skills by listening. From the tim...

Deafness and Differing Perceptions

of the physical changes that can be made to repair or improve a deaf persons ability to perceive sound. For example, the developme...

What a Mind Hears by Harlan Lane

deaf teacher who was brought to the U.S. by Thomas Gallaudet. Clerc believed strongly in the use of sign language and also in int...

Children Who Are Orally Deaf Speech Evaluation

cochlea and, in turn, electrical signals are passed on to the acoustic (auditory) nerve where they travel to the brain (Bowdler an...

Speech Pathology 3 Scenarios

bloomer from a child with expressive language disorder at an early age. There are, however, many speech pathology assessment ins...

Oliver Sacks' 'Seeing Voices'

This is a 3 page paper that considers the text that examines the Deaf. There are 2 sources in the bibliography....

American Experience of the Orthodox Jews and the Amish

is similar in many ways to the Amish. This is particularly true in regard to the role their women have played in their culture. ...

Barriers to Communication for Deaf Children

rather than concentrating on the disabled individual as having "deficits" within themselves (the medical model). They look at the ...

Thomas S. Spradley and James P. Spradley's Deaf Like Me

They discovered that their daughter was deaf and they immediately began trying to get her to communicate in an oral world. Afte...

Deaf and Hearing Impaired Speech Training

child improve their intonation, pitch and duration of speech sounds (St. Joseph Institute, 2001). This paper discusses speech tr...

Theatre for the Deaf

actress Anne Bancroft, who had one a Tony Award for her performance as Helen Kellers teacher Anne Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (...

IQ Tests for the Hearing Impaired and the Deaf

In seven pages this paper examines how to test the IQs of hearing impaired and deaf individuals in terms of accommodations and the...

Mainstreaming and Schools for the Deaf

inclusive educational practices. Their concerns are forged out of their struggles to get appropriate educational services for thei...

Families of Deaf Babies and Support Services

In five pages this paper discusses the need for support services for families with infants who are deaf. Fifteen sources are cite...

Impact of Having a Deaf Sibling

In fifteen pages the impact of having a deaf sibling on siblings who have developed normally is evaluated emotionally and psycholo...

Seeing Voices A Journey Into the World of the Deaf by Oliver Sacks

In two pages this text is examined in a brief overview that focuses upon its portrayal of the social acceptance of the deaf commun...

Deaf Sibling Effects

In fifteen pages this research paper considers the effects of a deaf sibling on other 'normal' siblings in terms of emotional and ...

Non English Welfare System Applicants

In five pages this paper discusses the US welfare system problems particularly as they pertain to deaf or non English speaking app...