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This tipsheet describes post-lingual deafness, which is often referred to as “late onset of deafness” or “late-deafened,” and offers suggestions that will help faculty and staff work more effectively with this population….
Type: Resources
Useful For: Higher Education Administrators
Topics: #DeafSuccess
This tipsheet offers information and creates awareness of access and adjustment issues facing students who have Usher Syndrome and are participating in postsecondary education….
Type: Resources
Useful For: Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals
Would you like a convenient resource for general information about deafness, classroom accommodations, and communication tips? Designed for faculty and staff in secondary, postsecondary, and vocational/employment programs, this pocket-sized handbook can provide information for professionals who don’t have much experience…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Introductory Information
Useful For: Teachers
Topics: Deaf Awareness
The term universal design was coined by architect Ronald L. Mace to describe the concept of designing all products and the built environment to be aesthetically pleasing and usable to the greatest extent possible by everyone, regardless of their age,…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Introductory Information
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Effective communication affords deaf people the ability to share and/or receive information in a manner that is successful for them. Effective communication increases the opportunity for full and equal participation in any situation. Effective communication is fluid and allows all…
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Introductory Information
Useful For: Audiologists
Topics: Deaf Awareness, Policy
Background noise and distance from the instructor may present barriers for some deaf students. When this is the case, assistive listening systems can play a role in reducing or eliminating these barriers….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Introductory Information
Useful For: Audiologists
Topics: Assistive Listening Systems
This brief summarizes the research related to mental health care for deaf people….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Research
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Mental Health & Well-Being, Research & Data
This study assessed the influence of extracurricular involvement on postsecondary outcomes for deaf people through a secondary analysis of data from the second National Longitudinal Transition Study….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Research, Videos
Useful For: Families
Topics: Research & Data, Transition
This study used data from National Longitudinal Transition Study 2 to explore the hypothesis that increased access to English through computer-mediated communication (CMC) can increase direct access to language and literacy for deaf people….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Research, Videos
Useful For: Families
Topics: Research & Data
This study assessed the influence of English literacy skills on postsecondary outcomes for deaf people, through a secondary analysis of data from National Longitudinal Transition Study 2….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Research, Videos
Useful For: Families
Topics: Research & Data
This study explored how vocational rehabilitation counselors promote the self-advocacy knowledge and skills of their deaf consumers within postsecondary employment and educational contexts….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Research
Useful For: Families
Topics: Research & Data, Transition
This brief summarizes the research related to deaf culture as a potential resource to be drawn upon in support of postsecondary education and employment outcomes for deaf people….
Type: Resources
Resource Type: Research
Useful For: Disability Services Professionals
Topics: Research & Data, Transition