Deaf women: educational experiences and self‐identity

Silence on the stomping grounds: a case study of public communication about disability in the 1990s

“…The few articles published primarily addressed needs for physical access to campus resources; coverage included criticism from students and other university community members who believed the university had a long way to go in recognizing people with disabilities as equal to others. Previous international scholarship indicates that significant institutional change requires a serious commitment from both leaders in higher education and disability advocates who are willing to actively push and support social dialogue (Goode 2007;Konur 2000;Najarian 2008). UNC Chapel Hill had little commitment.…”

The New Agora: Social Media as a Vector for Sign Language as a Language of Culture, Identity and Inclusion of the Deaf

“…Other studies treated the Deaf as deficient, such as [44] that conducted a study on the implications of communication as social engagement for interactions between Deaf and non-Deaf people. Donovan [45] examined the online health information seeking practices of the Deaf using existing tools based on the oral language, which mirrors the findings of Zazove et al [46] that the use of Internet was associated with the English language.…”

Untitled

“…Culture is a whole way of living. People who are Deaf do not consider themselves as disabled but rather a cultural group with their own traditions and culture (Najarian, 2008). Everything that could improve and enrich people who are Deaf's quality of life is considered culture.…”

“…Deaf studies have recently resisted putting Deaf individuals into a deaf or Deaf category (Najarian, 2008). Reagan (1985) analysed the education of the Deaf as a cultural and linguistic minority by exploring the distinctive cultural and linguistic aspects of the American deaf community and the competing approaches to the education of people who are deaf.…”