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Awareness of educational needs for deaf and hard
of hearing students What does this mean for
teaching, learning and living at university?
Disability Awareness A New Challenge for
Education Jagiellonian University, Kraków,
Poland October 23, 2009 Manfred
Hintermair www.ph-heidelberg.de/wp/hinterma
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Who may talk about deaf affairs?
Hearing person?
Deaf person?
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1. Conceptual orientations
Empowerment orientation
Resource orientation
Well-Being
Participation orientation
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1a. Empowerment orientation
Encouraging people .... To take their own affairs
in hand ... To discover their own powers
... To take their own capabilities
seriously ... To appreciate the
value of their own solutions
Empowerment processes have to start very early on
in life!
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1b. Resource orientation
This means .... Having confidence in an
individuals potential Devising constructive
conditions for such development ... Having a good
look for the capabilities of the students ...
Quality of life is the ultimate goal!
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1c. Participation orientation
This means .... Involving people in all projects
regarding their lives from the start Following
bottom-up-strategies ... Providing better
decisions and outcomes ... Promoting well-being
Strengthening the comittment to and the
understanding of human rights and democracy.
Inclusion to be realized at all levels!
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CONVENTION on the RIGHTS of PERSONS with
DISABILITIES
Article 12 - Equal recognition before the law 1.
States Parties reaffirm that persons with
disabilities have the right to recognition
everywhere as persons before the law. 2. States
Parties shall recognize that persons with
disabilities enjoy legal capacity on an equal
basis with others in all aspects of life. 3.
States Parties shall take appropriate measures to
provide access by persons with disabilities to
the support they may require in exercising their
legal capacity. ....
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Nothing about us without us!
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2. Consequences for Deaf awareness at universities
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Support available on campus
This means .... Quick and uncomplicated access to
all information Early contact by the Disability
Support Team Open day for the chosen subject
area Chance to keep in touch with the Disability
Support Team whenever the student needs Good
networking!!!
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Offers for students in classes
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Important things to be regarded by the staff
This means .... Care for seating
preferences Contacts with the student, not with
the interpreter Good visual conditions, clear and
natural speech Ensuring communication
fluency Assistance for students to get a
notetaker Use of visual aids and
chalkboard Providing students/interpreters with
materials Ensuring important dates in written form
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What has to be reached for each deaf and hard
of hearing student .... to be deaf in my own
way Ohna, 2003, S. 10
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Thank you very much for your
attention!
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