A "Visible" Woman: Learning with a Student who is Deaf-blind at University
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Keywords
deaf-blind, disability, voice
Abstract
This article presents a case study of an undergraduate student with Deaf-blindness working with an interpreter and an academic skills adviser to develop her writing for the disciplines. It highlights the mutual learning this involves: about strategies for communication, issues of inclusion, and perspectives on disability.
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Kate Chanock, Academic Language and Learning Adviser, La Trobe University
Dr. Kate Chanock (B.A. Anthropology, PhD African History, RSA Cert. TESL) worked in a secondary school in Tanzania, a jail in Texas, and the Home Tutors Scheme in Melbourne before joining La Trobe University as an Academic Language and Learning adviser in 1987. Her research interests include the cultures and discourses of academic disciplines, and studying at university with a disability.
Michelle Stevens, La Trobe University
Michelle Stevens has studied Music Technology and Auslan and is currently an undergraduate at La Trobe University, focusing on Australian history and sociology, literature, and gender and diversity studies.
Sally Freeman, Deaf and Disability Liaison Officer, Equality and Diversity Unit, La Trobe University
Sally Freeman (B.Ed.; Grad. Dip. in Language Studies (Auslan); Diploma of Interpreting (paraprofessional)) has taught students with learning difficulties and has worked as a community welfare officer with the Victorian Deaf Society. She is the Deaf and Disability Liaison Officer in the Equality and Diversity Unit at La Trobe University.