Structural Violence: Deaf Education Box

Deaf blogger shares Deaf awareness about Deaf education in school.

Question: Why are our Deaf students across the nation underperforming in academics? We give them a wide array of 'communication options' - speech therapy, hearing-aids, cochlear implants, sim-com, cued speech, total communication, signed-exact-English/PSE interpreters, note-taking services - they don't need their American Sign Language with our "least restrictive environment."


Answer: "One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding."
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

Thought: We wanted to 'communicate' with our Deaf child in spoken English -- even if only slightly -- so we decided to forbid her use of sign language, even though it is the only natural, robust, and fully accessible language for a Deaf child.

Rebuttal: "Any situation in which some men prevent others from engaging in the process of inquiry is one of violence; ... to alienate humans from their own decision making is to change them into objects."
Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

Question: What can I do? I'm just a teacher.
Answer: "The educator has the duty of not being neutral."
Paulo Freire, We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change.

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