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Trinidad and Tobago has no deaf preschools or high schools. According to Deafness and Education International, only three schools for the deaf exist on Trinidad and Tobago: Cascade School for the Deaf, the Tobago School for the Deaf, Speech, and Language Impaired, and Audrey Jeffers' School for the Deaf. All are primary schools.
In many situations Deaf people are viewed as disability groups, but a more accurate approach is to consider them as a distinct people groups. They have their own unique languages and rich culture. Many Deaf people value their language and culture so much that if given the chance to become hearing, they would refuse.
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The Trinidad and Tobago Association for the Hearing Impaired (TTAHI) was launched on July 29, 1943, under the guidance of founder Reverend William Gilby as the Trinidad Association in Aid of the Deaf and Dumb. On November 15th 193 the School for the Deaf was established at Martha House, #52 Edward Street, Port of Spain and in 1946, the school ...
As Noor-ud-din presented some of the data from his research, which has now been published in Deafness and Education International in an article entitled “Deaf students’ linguistic access in online education: The case of Trinidad”, it is striking how these accessibility challenges can have a lasting impact on DHH students and their ability ...
The global Deaf community is very much in need of Missionaries, but the best people to reach a Deaf person is another Deaf person. Providing training for Deaf leaders and Deaf missionaries is crucial. Scripture Prayers for the Deaf in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Recent events, such as the publication of a dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago Sign Language in 2007, and the formation in 2010 of the first deaf-led advocacy group, the Deaf Empowerment Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago, indicate that, nearly seven decades after the founding of the first deaf school, the deaf community is emerging as a strong ...
This paper discusses the results of ethnographic research into the views of members of the Deaf community of Trinidad and Tobago on Deaf education, and highlights some ways in which their perspectives diverge from prevailing philosophies and policies in Deaf education in the Caribbean. It argues this kind of research is needed to address the ...
