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Language Justice for Sign Language Peoples: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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Batterbury, Sarah C. E. – Language Policy, 2012
Sign Language Peoples (SLPs) across the world have developed their own languages and visuo-gestural-tactile cultures embodying their collective sense of Deafhood (Ladd 2003). Despite this, most nation-states treat their respective SLPs as disabled individuals, favoring disability benefits, cochlear implants, and mainstream education over language…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Deafness