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JUSTISIGNS - VET in Interpreting and Justice
Start date: Dec 1, 2013,
REASON FOR PROJECTOn 20 October 2010, the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive 2010/64/EU on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings. This will compel EU states to ensure that signed language interpreters are adequately trained and that legal professionals are aware of how the relationship of their interaction with Deaf people via an interpreter functio ...
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Research indicates that Deaf people appear to be less healthy than hearing people and do not get proper access to health services. A number of issues are important to consider when examining the Doctor-deaf patient relationship. These include the medic’s knowledge of Deaf culture, the use of an interpreter, the level of literacy of the deaf patient. the time the medic gives to the patient, and how ...
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The course provides an overview on historical, contemporary local and international perspectives on deafness and on being Deaf. It introduces concepts as such as Deafhood (Ladd), the Sign Language Person (Jokinen) and Deaf ethnicity (Lane, Corker), as well as positioning Deaf community responses to challenges from liberal thought, the eugenics movement, as well as modern medical interventions. Del ...
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