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Raimondo, Barbara – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2013
The United States is more accessible to deaf and hard of hearing individuals and people with disabilities today than it was 50, 20, or even 10 years ago. A variety of laws ensures equality in the treatment of deaf and hard of hearing people. Communication barriers have been addressed, and wider opportunities are available in education, employment,…
Descriptors: Deafness, Screening Tests, Individualized Education Programs, Individualized Family Service Plans
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DesGeorges, Janet – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2013
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) has always had "individual" as part of its spirit and its letter. However, as a parent and an advocate who has attended many Individualized Education Program (IEP) meetings, Janet DesGeorges has discovered that getting to "individual" can sometimes be a challenge,…
Descriptors: Deafness, Partial Hearing, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
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Amanda Connelly; Jane Doyle – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2023
Mateo was like many students, neither fluent in English nor in American Sign Language (ASL) and significantly delayed in literacy skills. At Model Secondary School for the Deaf (MSSD), he was provided with emerging signers services to develop his expressive and receptive ASL skills. He was also provided with speech and language services by a…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Federal Legislation