The Right to Language

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 872-884

  Humphries, Tom ^a   Kushalnagar, Raja ^b   Mathur, Gaurav ^c   Napoli, Donna Jo ^d   Padden, Carol ^a   Rathmann, Christian ^e   Smith, Scott ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CIVIL RIGHTS; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; SIGN LANGUAGE; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CIVIL RIGHTS; DEAFNESS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HEALTH SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; SIGN LANGUAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892884137     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12097     Document Type: Article

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