Margret A. Winzer and Kas Mazurek combine two disciplines in this collection, comparative and international studies and special education, to explore the ways that diverse nations respond to persons who are exceptional. Their learned contributors als...

The Escuela Nacional para Sordomudos (ENS), translated as the Mexican National School for the Deaf, opened its doors in the 1860s as part of the republic s intention to educate its deaf people. The ENS did not use Lengua de Senas Mexicana (LSM), Mexi...

The 21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) witnessed revolutionary exchanges on the vital themes in education. Presenters addressed topics encompassing seven major strands: Educational Environments, Language and Literacy, Ear...

For years, school reform efforts targeted either students in regular education or those with special needs, but not both. As a result of the No Child Left Behind legislation (NCLB) and its focus on accountability, administrators established policies...

The education of deaf or hard of hearing children has become as complex as the varying needs of each individual child. Teachers face classrooms filled with students who are culturally Deaf, hard of hearing, or post-lingually deaf; they might use Am...

One out of every eight people between the ages of 18 and 67 in the United States has a hearing loss, estimated as 12 percent of the working-age population. "Sound Sense: Living and Learning with Hearing Loss" addresses the acute need of these people...

After teaching developmental writing to deaf students for may years, Sue Livingston found that students who can read and analyze written texts become better writers. They achieve their improvement by reading, then writing about what they have read. L...

"Working Test: X-Word Grammar and Writing Activities for Students" features 86 X-Word Grammar reading and writing exercises divided into five parts of increasing complexity. Deaf, second-language, and other students experiencing difficulty with Engli...

In 1811, deaf student Ferdinand Berthier commenced his education at the National Institute for the Deaf in Paris under its director Abbe Sicard and his teachers Auguste Bebian, Jean Massieu, and Laurent Clerc. Their tutelage eventually led Berthier t...

Since Margret A. Winzer wrote her lamark work "The History of Special Education", much has transpired in this field, which she again has captured in a remarkable display of scholarship. Winzer's new study From Integration to Inclusion: A History of...