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Rivista Internazionale di Filosofia e Psicologia, 2020 The cochlear implant (CI) is a neuroprosthesis that allows for partial recovery of auditory function in individuals who are deaf. Despite its general efficacy, its use has been strongly opposed by a part of the deaf community that perceives deafness as a
Claudia Bonfiglioli, Francesco Pavani
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Admission of Deaf Soldiers to the Military: Rethinking the Undifferentiated Soldier Paradigm [PDF]
, 2018 Keith Nolan, a deaf man with undergraduate and graduate degrees, asked to be admitted to military training to become a uniformed American soldier. The military said no, and the issue was joined. Nolan’s application presents the Department of Defense (DOD)
Schwartz, Michael
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Translating Beyond Culture: My Study Abroad Experience in Chile [PDF]
, 2007 Latin American ...
Coco, Laura
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Analysing policy success and failure in Australia: Pink batts and set‐top boxes
Australian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines two Australian government programs from the Rudd/Gillard Labor government, the Home Insulation Program (HIP) and the Digital Switchover Household Assistance Scheme (HAS). Both became shibboleths of the Labor government's perceived waste and incompetence.
Daniel Casey
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British Journal of Special Education, EarlyView.Abstract Parents of children with special needs in Nigeria are faced with several challenges. In most cases, decisions are taken without their active involvement, despite them being the primary carers for their children with special needs. This research utilised a qualitative research design with fifteen participants to understand parents' perspectives
Noah Agbo, Sylvia Yeboah Boamah
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Voix Plurielles, 2013 Fondé en 1976, l’IVT (International Visual Theatre) se définit aujourd’hui comme un carrefour culturel, un espace d’échanges et de découvertes pour les sourds et les entendants. De la recherche d’une culture théâtrale et artistique propre aux sourds à sa
Olivier Schetrit, Pierre Schmitt
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Social Media + Society, 2016 Social media has become a venue for social awareness and change through forum discussions and exchange of viewpoints and information. The rate at which awareness and cultural understanding regarding specific issues has not been quantified, but examining ...
K. Crom Saunders
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The Culture of a Silent Minority [PDF]
, 2016 This paper explores cultural aspects of hearing loss from the author’s viewpoint as the child of a mother with significant hearing loss. Personal examples are shared, making the frustration of this disability real, both for the deaf person and for their ...
Lee, Amanda E
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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article investigates the ways in which late‐nineteenth‐century students at Northwestern University's Cumnock School of Oratory mobilised elocution training and parlour performance to foster mixed‐gender public discourse. I use student publications to reconstruct parlour meetings in which women and men adapted traditions of conversational ...
Fiona Maxwell
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THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS WITH DISABILITIES [PDF]
, 2009 This meta-synthesis of the literature on K-8 teachers with disabilities examines the profound influence that teachers with disabilities can have in our classrooms.
Hauk, Amanda
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