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Direct linkReffell, Hayley; McKee, Rachel Locker – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2009
The medicalized interpretation of deafness has until recently seen the rights and protections of sign language users embedded in disability law. Yet the rights and protections crucial to sign language users centre predominantly on matters of language access, maintenance and identity. Legislators, motivated by pressure from sign language…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis
