Forest Books: J Beazley & M Moore Deaf Children Their Families And Professionals

The reactions and attitudes of other people can have a profound impact on the lives of deaf children and their families. This book combines what families say with discussions of topical issues of how the disabling experiences of deafness can be avoided. What is learned from families and individuals is that hearing impairment itself is no barrier to an ordinary life but oppressive attitudes and disabling environments can be. Families have identified ways in which these social barriers that they sometimes feel can begin to be dismantled. Professionals and students in the field of education, health and social work are challenged to re-examine their own practices and beliefs with a view to becoming more enabling in their support to families.