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. 2013 Winter;41(4):872-84, Table of Contents.
doi: 10.1111/jlme.12097.

The right to language

Tom Humphries  1 , Raja Kushalnagar, Gaurav Mathur, Donna Jo Napoli, Carol Padden, Christian Rathmann, Scott Smith
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The right to language

Tom Humphries et al. J Law Med Ethics. 2013 Winter.

Abstract

We argue for the existence of a state constitutional legal right to language. Our purpose here is to develop a legal framework for protecting the civil rights of the deaf child, with the ultimate goal of calling for legislation that requires all levels of government to fund programs for deaf children and their families to learn a fully accessible language: a sign language.

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