1. Deaf
Technology!
all info obtained from a presentation by
Richard Ladner
on washington.edu

2. PROSTHESIS:
Augmentation to
restore lost
function. Cure or
partial cure.
Ex: Hearing aids
cochlear implants

3. ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY:
Popular in
rehabilitation
literature.
Emphasis on
the need for
assistance.

4. ACCESS TECHNOLOGY:
Allows an activity that would
otherwise be difficult or impossible
to achieve.
Emphasis not on restoring function
but on achieving and end goal.
Ex: Text
messaging,
video phones
dinner
tomorrow
night?
no.

5. Before 1975 more than half the children in the United States did
not have access to appropriate education.

6. Added Section 504 and then
combined it with Law 94-142, which
is the Education for all Handicapped
Children Act of 1975.
Public Law 94-142 was then
added onto again with public
law 99-457 which was called
the Education of the
Handicapped Amendments
In 1990 IDEA (Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act) was
passed. IDEA now includes all of
the laws ensuring that children
with disabilities have a decent
public education.
Rehabilitation Act of 1973:

7. So why is IDEA
important?

8. •All school-aged children are given hearing loss evaluations early.
•The evaluations are unbiased. Meaning that they use all different methods to
test the children including different sign systems.
•Disabled children are required to be in the LRE or Least Restrictive Environment."
Any setting, including a regular classroom, that prevents a child who is deaf
from receiving an appropriate education that meets his or her needs, including
communication needs, is not the LRE for the individual child."(Zapien,7)
•Children must be offered many different settings (hospital/school).
•An Individual Education Plan must be made and agreed upon.
•Parents are included in all decisions!

9. IDEA distinguishes between the deaf and
the hearing impaired.

10. The purposes of this part of IDEA are:
To ensure that all children with
disabilities have available to
them a free appropriate public
education that emphasizes
special education, designed to
meet their unique needs and
prepare them for employment
and independent living.
To ensure that the
rights of children
with disabilities
and their parents
are protected.
To assist States, localities, educational
service agencies, and Federal agencies in
providing for the education of all children
with disabilities,
and
To assess and ensure the effectiveness
of efforts to educate children with
disabilities.

11. ARISTOTLE PLATO
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12. Abbe Charles
Michael de L'Épée
Samuel
Heinicke
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13. http://historicbuildingsct.com/?p=175
American Asylum for the Education and Instruction of
Deaf and Dumb Persons
Built 1817 in West Hartford, Connecticut