I am going to teach if it kills me

For Deaf Awareness Month, we celebrate and honor different identities within our communities. 

Student signs: Chelsea found a broken pencil.

Student voices excitedly: Chelsea picked the chicken shoes.

Chelsea, from the other side of the room: I did what?!?

Marc Marschark, Ph.D. Center for Education Research Partnerships National Technical Institute for the Deaf – Rochester Institute of Technology October 23, 3:00-6:00 p.m. Western Washington University Science Lecture Hall Room 140

Deaf education and research have had a long but uneasy relationship. Without pointing fingers, it is evident that political and educational preferences with regard to deaf students’ language and learning frequently either ignore relevant research findings or suggest that such studies are unnecessary (or inappropriate). Meanwhile, despite having a new “méthode du jour” in deaf education every few years, many deaf and hard-of-hearing learners continue to struggle, and advantages that we see during the early school years often disappear by high school age. It is time to abandon myths, clear up some misunderstandings, and re-examine our assumptions about raising and educating deaf children. This presentation will examine what we actually know, what we don’t know, and what we think we know (more or less correctly) about deaf children’s development and educational outcomes. Hopefully, moving in this direction can we offer deaf learners the opportunities they deserve, building on their strengths and accommodating their needs.

* Interpreting and captioning provided * Directions and parking information at:http://www.wwu.edu/ps/parking/visitors.shtml * RSVP to [email protected]

I have to watch a foreign film for my Multicultural/Multilingual class. The movie has to have characters with disabilities. I want to watch a film with deaf characters since I might as well cover my other area of study.

I need recommendations.... Does anyone know of any quality films from outside the United States that has deaf characters in it? Fiction is fine so long as the portrayal of the characters and situations are accurate to a real-life experience.