The National Deaf Education Project

course, thousands of schools around the world for the deaf or hard of heating. To me, that sounds very secluded. To make a special school for a group of people because they're different in some way, well I don't think that sounds fair.

with any student who was deaf/blind so this was an eye-opener for me. The Pennsylvania Deaf-Blind Project is filled with valuable information and resources for those that work with or live with people who are deaf-blind. Deaf-blindness affects a smaller number of people so it can be difficult to find others who understand the situation and offer unbiased advice and assistance. Many of the resources I investigated had a primary purpose of giving support to those who are deaf-blind and their families

of deaf children. According to IDEA, every child with a disability is entitled to have access to assistive technology (California Department of Education, 2004). The California Department of Education (2004) outlines IDEA’s definition of an assistive technology device. It explains that this device consists of “any item, piece of equipment or product system…that is used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of a child with a disability” (California Department of Education, 2004

noise and aging. Buildup in the air, injury, ear infection, rupture eardrum are other causes as well. For children who suffer from hearing loss, most are born with it. Today, in the United States, every two-thirds of every one thousand children are deaf or hard of hearing (Hearing Loss Association of America). This causes their everyday lives to be shaped much differently than normal children. They may have cochlear implants to help them hear. In fact, “In the United States, more than 25,000 children

war Howe was offered the opportunity to open a New England asylum for the Blind in Boston (Wittenstein, 2013), which later became the Perkins School for the Blind (Hatlen, 2000). With no background in education, Samuel G. Howe began his career as an educator of the blind, including people who were deaf/blind, in 1829 (Ajuwon & Oyinlade, 2008; Kleege, 2002). Howe based his school, the Perkins School for the Blind, on the European models of schools for the Blind (Ajuwon & Oyinlade, 2008; Hatlen, 2000)

am part-time instructor assistant for Deaf and Hard of Hearing program (DHH) at Vancouver Community College. I have worked with varied students – deaf, hard of hearing, deaf with disabilities. All of those adult students from full diversity of different sector and different religions in existing country. Not only that, some of students are fortunate enough to have already attended schools for the deaf in their home countries, and others may have had no education at all and arrive knowing gestures.

be deaf. This has not always been the case. In the American Civil War, there were many deaf and hard of hearing in the military during this conflict, both enlisted and officer. General John Gross Barnard was a deaf engineer during the American Civil War, this essay will briefly describe his educational, military career and how did his deafness affect him. John Gross Barnard started his education in the town of Sheffield, Mass. At the age of twelve, he was sent away to continue his education under

Daniel Lardaro Special Education Laws and Regulations Project 9/28/14 Hearing impairments are defined by the federal government as, “an impairment in hearing, wether permanent or fluctuating that adversely affects a child’s performance but that is not included under the definition of deafness” (Friend, 2012). Children who are hearing impaired make up a small percentage of the students in the school system, and it is considered to be “low incidence” impairment. In fact, in 2009, around 1.3 percent

1.6 JUSTIFICATION OF THE STUDY The exclusion of PWDs by design or default is no longer acceptable according to international and national legal standards. Architecture has a responsibility to create built environments that are sensitive to the needs of this category of people. Such designs can only be developed using scientific information on existing designs, how they are experienced by PWDs and therefore how they can be improved. Children with disability in Kenya are often consigned to “special

History and Perceptions of American Sign Language Sign language is one most common ways for deaf individuals to communicate without using of their voices. Different cultures and languages will typically have their own version of sign language so signs are not always universal, just like gestures are not universal. Signs are culturally bound in communication just like verbal languages and gestures are culturally bound. I will examine the history of American Sign Language, as well as how it has been