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What is Deaf People

Chapter 92
Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition
There are two major types: deaf (or hard of hearing) people who are usually post-lingually deafened and Deaf people who are part of the deaf community. The Deaf culture consists of people who use sign language as their first language and for participating in activities within this community. Socio-linguistically they are a cultural minority.
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Disability, Chronic Illness, and Distance Education
Christopher Newell (University of Tasmania, Australia) and Margaret Debenham (Independent Scholar, UK)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 10
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch092
Abstract
Distance education may be seen as both enabling and disabling in its application to, and relationship with, people with disability and chronic illness. Cutting edge work suggests that it can provide a suitable route to support the studies of students with disabilities and those with long-term health problems. However it is important that this should be regarded in terms of providing choice to students rather than requiring those who are identified as having impairment/chronic illness to undertake studies at a distance. Unless well designed and evaluated, as with any technology, DE can also become disabling in its impact (Goggin & Newell, 2003; Newell & Walker, 1992).
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