The right to language.
We argue for the existence of a state constitutional legal right to language. Our purpose here is to develop a legal framework for protecting the civil rights of the deaf child, with the ultimate goal of calling for legislation that requires all levels of government to fund programs for deaf children and their families to learn a fully accessible language: a sign language.
Associate Professor in Education Studies and in the Department of Communication and Associate Director of Education Studies at the University of California at San Diego.
Tom
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Humphries
Raja
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Kushalnagar
Gaurav
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Mathur
Donna Jo
DJ
Napoli
Carol
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Padden
Christian
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Rathmann
Scott
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Smith
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