Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale

Rivista | Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie occidentale
Fascicolo | 50 | 2016
Articolo | Access to Knowledge

Access to Knowledge

The Issue of Deaf Students and More

Abstract

Language and communication barriers undermine everyday life for deaf people. In particular in higher education settings, these students often receive limited information and thus struggle to gain full access to knowledge. Considering these linguistic issues from several perspectives, this paper highlights some of the problems that arise in the everyday life of deaf students. Possible short- and long-term solutions to these barriers are presented and discussed. For example, simplified written texts ensure clarity and immediate access to complex and technical texts, but only provide one step toward linguistic autonomy. Linguistic mediation through sign language guarantees both direct access to content and personal involvement in interactive settings.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 12 Aprile 2016 | Accettato: 23 Luglio 2016 | Pubblicato 30 Settembre 2016 | Lingua: en

Keywords Special education • Linguistic barriers • Deaf students • Access to knowledge

Copyright © 2016 Lara Mantovan, Carlo Geraci, Kyle Duarte, Anna Cardinaletti. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.14277/2499-1562/AnnOc-50-16-7


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