Communication Disorders Archives

The Role of Deaf Professors In Higher Education

Oct 3, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsReBlogs#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Communication Disorders, Deaf education, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Jean F. Andrews, Lamar University

By Jean F. Andrews As more and more deaf individuals earn degrees in higher education at the doctorate level, they are entering high education as professors and administrators. Oftentimes, they experience both physical and attitudinal barriers. Professors who are deaf provide role modeling for deaf undergraduate and graduate students. But working in an environment where

Probation: A Cycle of Despair

Oct 8, 2012deafinprisonorgEditorials#JusticeForFelix, Communication Disorders, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Hearing, JeanFAndrews, Probation, probation deaf cycle of despair, Readability

Probation for the deaf offender can be a cycle of despair. It is a tangle of complex and confusing rules with heavy consequences if the rules are not followed. This is ever so certain particularly if the deaf individual has poor sign skills, a low reading level, a poor educational history. Interpreters are often provided

HEARD’s Writing Campaign

Sep 13, 2012deafinprisonorgNewsBitcoDavid, Communication Disorders, Conditions and Diseases, Deaf, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, H.E.A.R.D., Inmate Letters, postaday, Prison

Want to help write sorely needed letters to Deaf inmates in prisons throughout America? Here’s your chance to help alleviate someone’s insufferable solitude. Hello Fellow HEARD Supporters: Its that time again, writing time. HEARD Board members and volunteers we will be gathering for a few hours to write to some of our Deaf inmates that