Comments on: Ideas for constitutional issues for Deafs?? http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/ideas-for-constitutional-issues-for-deafs/ a blog about everything and nothing at the same time deafilosophy(AT)gmail.com Sat, 19 May 2007 21:33:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Deaf Attorney http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/ideas-for-constitutional-issues-for-deafs/#comment-231 Deaf Attorney Sat, 12 May 2007 22:10:31 +0000 http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/ideas-for-constitutional-issues-for-deafs/#comment-231 I recommend you check out www.deafattorneys.com if you haven't already. It's a great resource. Best of luck in your endeavors. I recommend you check out http://www.deafattorneys.com if you haven’t already. It’s a great resource. Best of luck in your endeavors.

]]> By: deafphilosophy http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/ideas-for-constitutional-issues-for-deafs/#comment-227 deafphilosophy Sat, 12 May 2007 15:56:08 +0000 http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/ideas-for-constitutional-issues-for-deafs/#comment-227 Thank you Rosaline for your helpful information! I'm kinda mad I have never see the NDEP website nor heard of it before! I'm aware of Colorado's Deaf Child bill of rights, and I think they were the first state to do this, if I am correcct. I covered strict and rigid scrutiny, the rational relation test, antidiscrimination model and group-disadvantaged concept in my philosophy of law class. You can see I probably won't get into the "practical" application of law, I want to know the theory behind everything. I wish I could incorporate some of Sweden's policy about parental support to learn sign language but that's a different country as well as a different political climate. I will definetely learn about the history leading up to the ADA law and perhaps laws enacted since then. I'm hoping to get into UT law school because I can see how some of the law professors would be perfect to learn from such as Norma Cantu. She's concerned with education laws, especially people of limited english proficiency as well as disability law too. I wonder if there are any ethical questions if I want to tailor my 40-55 page paper for NAD Law and Advocacy as well as NDEP? I know most people write papers as undergraduates, then they use the same paper for projects in graduate school as well as for their dissertation, so the more people are educated, the better. Thank you for your helpful comments, since you are the director of NAD Law and Advocacy, I think we will eventually work together and it would be my pleasure to do so. Thank you Rosaline for your helpful information! I’m kinda mad I have never see the NDEP website nor heard of it before! I’m aware of Colorado’s Deaf Child bill of rights, and I think they were the first state to do this, if I am correcct.

I covered strict and rigid scrutiny, the rational relation test, antidiscrimination model and group-disadvantaged concept in my philosophy of law class. You can see I probably won’t get into the “practical” application of law, I want to know the theory behind everything.

I wish I could incorporate some of Sweden’s policy about parental support to learn sign language but that’s a different country as well as a different political climate.

I will definetely learn about the history leading up to the ADA law and perhaps laws enacted since then. I’m hoping to get into UT law school because I can see how some of the law professors would be perfect to learn from such as Norma Cantu. She’s concerned with education laws, especially people of limited english proficiency as well as disability law too.

I wonder if there are any ethical questions if I want to tailor my 40-55 page paper for NAD Law and Advocacy as well as NDEP? I know most people write papers as undergraduates, then they use the same paper for projects in graduate school as well as for their dissertation, so the more people are educated, the better.

Thank you for your helpful comments, since you are the director of NAD Law and Advocacy, I think we will eventually work together and it would be my pleasure to do so.

]]> By: Rosaline Crawford http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/ideas-for-constitutional-issues-for-deafs/#comment-223 Rosaline Crawford Sat, 12 May 2007 13:01:44 +0000 http://deafphilosophy.wordpress.com/2007/05/12/ideas-for-constitutional-issues-for-deafs/#comment-223 Law school. How exciting. Check out http://www.ndepnow.org/. Larry Siegel has been exploring a constitutional basis for the right to language and communication. See also the Supreme Court case called Clebourne which preceded the ADA, and which may have been an impetus for the ADA. See also the preamble to the ADA. I expect you will learn about Supreme Court interpretation of various classifications and the application of different levels of "scrutiny" (strict, quasi, heightened, etc.) and the different tests used for each of these levels. You might be interested to explore the difference between a constitutional right and a human right with respect to language and communication. Good luck on your classes and your law school endeavors. Rosaline Law school. How exciting. Check out http://www.ndepnow.org/. Larry Siegel has been exploring a constitutional basis for the right to language and communication. See also the Supreme Court case called Clebourne which preceded the ADA, and which may have been an impetus for the ADA. See also the preamble to the ADA. I expect you will learn about Supreme Court interpretation of various classifications and the application of different levels of “scrutiny” (strict, quasi, heightened, etc.) and the different tests used for each of these levels. You might be interested to explore the difference between a constitutional right and a human right with respect to language and communication.
Good luck on your classes and your law school endeavors.
Rosaline

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