Research at
Gallaudet University
2005 - 2006

Investigating the Social, Economic, Political, and Cultural Issues That Affect the Lives of Deaf People in Argentina, Costa Rica, and Mexico

Status: Ongoing Begin date: April, 2006 End date: December, 2006

Description

Despite a steady increase in the interest in disability and development, only quantitative research exists, and much of it remains focused on categorizing and defining disabilities in the framework of a medical model. This project examines Deafness as a lived experience by investigating issues that affect the lives of deaf Argentinians, Costa Ricans and Mexicans, and what is being done and could be done to address those issues according to deaf people themselves.
 
Participants were recruited with assistance from their local deaf associations. Data was collected through sixty signed interviews, written stories and surveys by a team of qualified deaf Americans, in collaboration with local deaf language consultants. Some of the stories and the surveys are still being collected and will be mailed/emailed to us by the final deadline of September 30th. Data will be analyzed during the fall semester of 2006. Study results and the video interviews will be reported, edited, and published in a multimedia anthology in 2007.

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