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Record Nr.

UNINA9910137929603321

Autore

Siegel Lawrence M. <1946->

Titolo

The Human Right to Language : Communication Access for Deaf Children / / Lawrence M. Siegel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Gallaudet University Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

9781563684210

1563684217

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 164 p. )

Disciplina

344.73/079112

Soggetti

Deaf people - Means of communication

Hard of hearing children - Education - United States

Deaf children - Education - United States

Hard of hearing people - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Deaf people - Legal status, laws, etc - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"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 Constitution should protect every deaf and hard of hearing child's right to communication and language as part of an individual's right to liberty. Siegel argues that when a deaf or hard of



hearing child sits alone in a crowded classroom and is unable to access the rich and varied communication about her, the child is denied any chance of success in life."--Jacket.