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The human right to language : communication access for deaf children /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siegel, Lawrence M., 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, [2008]
Subjects:
Deaf > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Hearing impaired > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
Deaf children > Education > United States.
Hearing impaired children > Education > United States.
Deaf > Means of communication.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.