Public Policy and Public Administrative Impacts on Deaf People

• In Event: An Examination of Social and Legal Policies and their Impact in the Deaf Community

Abstract

This session will introduce the existing contexts and impacts of public policy and public administration on deaf people, including discussion of resulting disparities from a systematic perspective. Language deprivation, education outcomes, employment outcomes, and interactions with street-level bureaucrats will be discussed, providing participants with a systematic, contextual view on how deaf people interface with public administration and public policy systems.

Author

• Sean Maiwald, Gallaudet University