The Human Right To Language For Deaf Children

VIDEO: Signed - Rethinking LRE: The Human Right To Language for Deaf Children.



Rethinking Language-Rich Environment by Brenda J. Falgier. The video bases its dicussion on "The Human Right to Language" by Mr. Siegel.



Gallaudet University Press has published, "The Human Right To Language," by NDEP's founder and director, Lawrence M. Siegel who created the Statement of Principle in which he argued that the educational delivery system in America must be "communication-driven" for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students, proposes in his new book that current special education law violates the 1st and 14th Amendment rights of Deaf and Hard of Hearing children.

Brenda Falgier's discussion is based on Lawrence M. Siegel argument regarding the First Amendment in safeguarding the human right to language for Deaf children.



Reference: Siegal, L. M. (2008). The human right to language: Communication access for Deaf children. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press.