Hi.
I am not quite up to date with changes in the relevant legislation but yes,
there was legislation relating to education and specifically teacher
training called 'medical fitness regulations' and yes, it is linked to
impairment.
These regulations state that a deaf person must be able to hear and
understand 'conversational speech' at a distance of x metres in order to be
able to train as a teacher. There is no accompanying definition of
conversational speech and there is no requirement for hearing teachers to
hear and understand 'Deaf speech' at a distance of x metres, nor I hasten
to add, be understood by deaf children!
There is/was another requirement - namely that a deaf person must be able
to work with hearing children for a specified period of time before
training as a teacher of the deaf - which is indirectly discriminatory.
However, to my knowledge, there are deaf doctors, nurses, solicitors etc
but my understanding is that the main requirement to get into these jobs is
bloody mindedness and the ability to prove that they are 'exceptional' i.e.
OVERqualified deaf people. There is a lot of emphasis on the fact that
final decisions rest with training institutions i.e. universities. I'm sure
I don't need to point out how oppressive university cultures are...
I don't know if/how the DDA changes that - does anyone?
Best wishes
Mairian
>Dear All,
>
>First, sorry it is about <impairment>.
>
>In Japan, there is an official move to
>remove impairments as disqualifers.
>There are a number of legislation which
>prevents people with impairments from
>having qualifications. For instance,
>people with hearing impairments
>are not eligible to be a medical doctor.
>
>Are these kinds of impairments as
>disqualifers common in other places?
>Also, if you can guide me to literature
>about this issue, I would be grateful.
>
Mairian Corker
Senior Research Fellow in Deaf and Disability Studies
Department of Education Studies
University of Central Lancashire
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