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A Multi-Generational Deaf Family: A Case Study On Literacy, Rubecca Sue Wilson
A Multi-Generational Deaf Family: A Case Study On Literacy, Rubecca Sue Wilson
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Literacy is a crucial component of life in our society, and the journey to becoming fluent readers begins before conventional classroom instruction. Literacy rates of adults who are deaf and hard of hearing are consistently in the fourth grade, age nine to ten years, range. In order to help build more skilled readers who are deaf and hard of hearing, it is critical to increase understanding of how deafness affects the development of literacy. This case study was of a family of six with all members' deaf and American Sign Language (ASL) as their first language. The purpose of this …