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"The solution to provide access to public services is not always more interpreters, and we encourage policy makers, researchers and deaf associations to sometimes step back and look at how SLIS as a system interacts with other services, and what contextual language and communication choices deaf people make beyond the use of interpreters."

A Band-Aid on a gunshot wound? Sign language interpreting and the illusion of inclusion by Maartje De Meulder and Hilde Haualand

While the article references "American Sign Language", the research has been conducted in countries - Australia, the Netherlands, England, Scotland - where the sign languages are different.

It is important as educators that there is constant review and reflection on how our students learn and retain information. Only then can we guide them towards successful learning.

Some key research findings so far:

• The deaf students who perform best academically usually are the ones whose parents have effectively communicated with them from an early age.
• Children who sign early on generally outperform those who do not sign during their early school years.
• Early language skills—both American Sign Language and spoken language—correlate with reading ability, with no evidence that one is necessarily better than the other.

Deaf Education: A New Philosophy Research at NTID is shifting the way deaf students are being educated. Recent research suggests that even with qualified interpreters in the mainstreamed classroom, educators need to understand deaf children learn differently, are more visual, and often process information differently than their hea...

Theatre's role models for deaf children: ‘they need to think anything is possible’ A new Horrible Histories show celebrates the achievements of deaf figures, while Mathilda and the Orange Balloon also makes creative use of British Sign Language

Hearing people live in a hearing world, but sound isn’t the only way to orientate our lives. Deaf persons, even with implants, will remain deaf. And it’s not a bad thing. It’s certainly different, and does not have to be devastating.

Part of the Conversation: How One Deaf 16-Year-Old Navigates High School 'During the day I’m surrounded by noise. At home, I can let the silence drown out the sound. Because silence is a comfort. It’s the other half of my world.'

When a Newton family welcomed a baby who is deaf, 20 neighbors learned sign language - The Boston Globe This is the story of how American Sign Language became the second tongue now spoken on one end of Islington Road in Newton.