Since many decisions in politics, economics, and social sciences are based on statistics, statistical literacy is a key component for an active citizen. Statistical skills and statistical reasoning can already be enhanced in primary school. Therefore, not only in Germany, statistics is an element of the primary-school curriculum, which usually…

This paper outlines the current state of higher education for deaf students in Germany. While no special universities exist in Germany for the deaf, numerous special provisions such as note-takers and interpreters are made available at regular universities, subject to budgetary constraints. The fact that no single German sign language has yet been…