Access : multiple avenues for deaf people / Doreen DeLuca [and others], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DeLuca, Doreen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people--United States--Social conditions.

Deaf people.

United States.

Social conditions.

Deaf people--Education--United States.

Deaf people--Education.

Deaf people--Means of communication--United States.

Deaf people--Means of communication.

Deaf people--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xix, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, [2008]

Summary:

The companion to Signs and Voices: Deaf Culture, Identity, Language, and Arts, this volume presents an accomplished group of contributors who address the major technological, institutional, and societal advances in access for deaf people, as well as the remaining hurdles.

Part One: Assistive Technologies begins with Maggie Casteel's description of the latest innovative hearing assistive technology. Al Sonnenstrahl discusses his career as a deaf engineer who segued into advocating for equal access in telecommunications. Robert C. O'Reilly, Amanda J. Mangiardi, and H. Timothy Bunnell outline the process of cochlear implantation in children.

Jami N. Fisher and Philip J. Mattiacci open Part Two: Education and Literacy by examining civil rights issues in education. Michael Stinson considers the conflict that inclusion creates in developing a deaf identity. Lisa Herbert discusses her identity as a signing deaf person who also has a cochlear implant. Grace Walker focuses on her experiences with a cochlear implant that eventually led her to stop using it.

In the final section, Part Three: Civil Rights, Christy Hennessey describes her work as an advocate and job placement counselor with deaf and hard of hearing people. Tony Saccente discusses HIV/AIDs counseling to the deaf gay community. Leila Monaghan follows by reviewing recent studies of deaf attitudes towards HIV/AIDs. Greg Hlibok concludes with his commentary as a leader of the Deaf President Now! movement and its subsequent effects on deaf civil rights.

Contents:

Building new ramps with hearing assistive technology / Maggie Casteel

A conversation with Alfred Sonnenstrahl : focus on telecommunications

Cochlear implants / Robert C. O'Reilly, Amanda J. Mangiardi, and H. Timothy Bunnell

Civil rights on deaf education : working toward empowering deaf students and their parents / Jami N. Fisher and Philip J. Mattiacci

Inclusion and the development of deaf identity / Michael Stinson

Deaf, signing, and oral : a journey / Lisa Herbert

A conversation with Grace Walker : focus on personal experiences with a Cochlear implant

A conversation with Christy Hennessey : focus on the workplace

A conversation with Tony Saccente : focus on HIV/AIDS counseling

HIV/AIDS in the United States deaf community / Leila Monaghan

DPN and civil rights / Gregory J. Hlibok.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Access.

ISBN:

9781563683930

1563683938

OCLC:

213765700