How to Share Research about Education and Employment with the Deaf Community
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CeKTER (Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research)Publication Date
2022-03-07Keywords
CeKTER (Center on Knowledge Translation for Employment Research)Employment
Multicultural
Deaf
ASL
American Sign Language
culturally Deaf
employment research
dissemination of research
universal accessibilityaccessibilityresearch findings
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The U.S. Deaf community is a sociolinguistic minority group of at least 500,000 individuals who communicate using American Sign Language (ASL).1 ASL is fully distinct from English – i.e., it is not “English on the hands.” ASL is a natural, formal language with its own syntax, morphology, and structure. Members of the Deaf community identify as members of a cultural minority group with shared language, experience, history, art, and literature. This tip sheet focuses on best practices for sharing research findings with culturally Deaf individuals who primarily use ASL. However, many of the strategies described below align with principles for universal accessibility and will, therefore, apply to a diverse range of hearing people and people with hearing loss.Source
Banerjee, R., Lim Franck, N., McGinnis, F., McGovern, R., Pici-D’Ottavio, E., Riker, T. B., Wilkins, A. M., Anderson, M. L. (2022). How to Share Research about Education and Employment with the Deaf Community. Psychiatry Information in Brief, 2022;19(1). DOI: 10.7191/pib.1180.DOI
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