While I'm recovering from recent surgery (which is why I haven't been going out and socialising lately), I took the opportunity to do some research on the Internet about Hearing Impairment/Deafness (whatever the fuck you want to call it) and socialising with hearing people.
Well good 'ol Google had dusted off this paper which personally made my jaw hit the floor and reading it had surfaced some emotions that I had buried deep within myself. The last time these emotions had surfaced was when I was in high school, and periodically while I was growing up.
This paper explored the effects of how well a deaf person can socialise in a hearing environment, level of education etc after receiving a mainstream education. A lot of what was written in this paper had matched my own personal experiences while I was growing up. So reading it had brought a lot of old memories and re-opened some old wounds that I thought was long gone. Hence the emotions which bubbled to the surface. By reading a different perspective on certain issues surrounding mainstream education, it has equipped me with a better understanding of the education I had received.
If you are a deaf/hearing impaired person who had received a mainstream education, I cannot emphasise how important this paper is. I strongly urge you to read this paper as it will provide a valuable insight into the issues of deaf education. Unfortunately the author of this paper had only used one person as a case study for his conclusions on mainstream education for deaf people.
The paper is in pdf format, so you will need the Adobe Reader to be able to view it.
Click here to read the paper I found.
Well good 'ol Google had dusted off this paper which personally made my jaw hit the floor and reading it had surfaced some emotions that I had buried deep within myself. The last time these emotions had surfaced was when I was in high school, and periodically while I was growing up.
This paper explored the effects of how well a deaf person can socialise in a hearing environment, level of education etc after receiving a mainstream education. A lot of what was written in this paper had matched my own personal experiences while I was growing up. So reading it had brought a lot of old memories and re-opened some old wounds that I thought was long gone. Hence the emotions which bubbled to the surface. By reading a different perspective on certain issues surrounding mainstream education, it has equipped me with a better understanding of the education I had received.
If you are a deaf/hearing impaired person who had received a mainstream education, I cannot emphasise how important this paper is. I strongly urge you to read this paper as it will provide a valuable insight into the issues of deaf education. Unfortunately the author of this paper had only used one person as a case study for his conclusions on mainstream education for deaf people.
The paper is in pdf format, so you will need the Adobe Reader to be able to view it.
Click here to read the paper I found.
3 comments:
Thanx for that post... downloaded the PDF, but 105 pages is a bit long to read in one hit....
What site did you find that PDF on?
I don't know, it was just a link from the Google search results. Saw the pdf and went wowser!
oh.. double checked the link I've supplied it was the University of Johannesburg.
I might try citeseer to find more papers on this topic because I'd like to check out some of the references listed in this paper.
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