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Beal-Alvarez, Jennifer S. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2016
This article presents results of a longitudinal study of receptive American Sign Language (ASL) skills for a large portion of the student body at a residential school for the deaf across four consecutive years. Scores were analyzed by age, gender, parental hearing status, years attending the residential school, and presence of a disability (i.e.,…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Special Schools, Residential Schools
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Biklen, Douglas P. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1975
The author summarizes those federal court cases that offer the most far reaching precedents concerning the rights of children with disabilities to receive educational services, and provides a case example where parents of deaf children sought legal action to establish the rights of their children to education in local programs. (Author/LS)
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education