An Examination of Social and Legal Policies and their Impact in the Deaf Community

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

This interdisciplinary panel will address how policies across government, schools, service providers, and the criminal legal system impact Deaf people. Featured presentations discuss how government services and policies are ill-equipped to meet the needs of the Deaf community; child maltreatment of Deaf children and adolescents and barriers to services; how the failure to properly implement ADA standards negatively impact Deaf students; the intersection of discrimination against Deaf people seeking work and past criminal history; and implications of recent reform competency to stand trial efforts competency on Deaf defendants.

Sub Unit

• Area XII. Diversity and Inclusion

Individual Presentations

• Public Policy and Public Administrative Impacts on Deaf People - Sean Maiwald, Gallaudet University

• Maltreatment, CSEC, and Child Welfare: Considerations for Deaf Service Providers and Community Members - Elizabeth Bowman McLaughlin, Gallaudet University

• The School to Prison Nexus for Deaf Students - Gabriel Lomas, Gallaudet University

• Deaf Job Seekers with Criminal Histories: Navigating Layered Employment Barriers - Hayley Stokar, Gallaudet University

• Competency to Stand Trial Reforms and the Deaf Defendant - Erin J. Farley, Gallaudet University

Discussant

• Geoffrey Whitebread, Gallaudet University

Organized by a Division or external group?

Division of Health and Disability Criminology (DHDC)