The Right To Language

Authors

T. Humphries
R. Kushalnagar
G. Mathur
Donna Jo Napoli, Swarthmore CollegeFollow
C. Padden
C. Rathmann
S. R. Smith

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Winter 2013

Published In

Journal Of Law Medicine And Ethics

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.

Comments

This work is a preprint that is freely available courtesy of Wiley and the American Society of Law, Medicine, and Ethics.

Recommended Citation

T. Humphries, R. Kushalnagar, G. Mathur, Donna Jo Napoli, C. Padden, C. Rathmann, and S. R. Smith. (2013). "The Right To Language". Journal Of Law Medicine And Ethics. Volume 41, Issue 4. 872-884. DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12097
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-linguistics/33