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Chapter 10: The Deaf Community and the Law - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 10: The Deaf Community and the Law
Laws for Adults:
Social Security Act: This act provides financial support based on family income for disabled individuals from birth to adulthood.
Rehabilitation Act of 1973: This act provides support for vocational rehabilitation services such as a set of rules focused on rights, advocacy, and protections for the Deaf/DeafBlind/ and DeafDisabled etc.
Americans With Disabilities Act: Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities at schools, workplaces, transportation, and all private and public places that are open to the public.
Laws for Children:
Individuals with Disabilities Act (Part C): This act provides services for Deaf babies and toddlers, including speech therapy.
IDEA (Part B): For children 3-21 years old, this act provides services, goals, and annual evaluations. It also provides services who are transitioning into a different school.
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act: This act is meant to combat early language deprivation, newborns are required to receive a hearing screening.
IDEA (Part A): Required free and appropriate public education that is best for the child based on their strengths and needs.
Problems With Law Processes:
After Arrest: If there is no interpreter available, the Deaf person will have to rely on vague gestures by officers to navigate the prison system.
At Trial: Some Deaf people cannot easily read court transcripts and sometimes untrained interpreters will be used.
During Arrest: Police officers aren't often trained to recognize a Deaf person nor do some police officers know that they need to contact an interpreter.
At Prison: Deaf individuals can find themselves feeling lonely in a prison system, especially if an interpreter is not provided to them. They may also be treated harshly for not following orders they cannot hear.
General Laws:
Bill of Rights and 14th Amendment: The Bill of Rights lays out a basic foundation of the rights automatically given to U.S. citizens, including Deaf people. The 14th amendment gives the right to due process.
Americans With Disabilities Act: Prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities at schools, workplaces, transportation, etc.
Section 504: Prohibits discrimination against Deaf, DeafBlind, and DeafDisabled individuals within the justice system.
FAPE and LRE: Free and appropriate public education and least restrictive environment.