Country: Jordan
Classification: Hearing-Speech
Year of Publication: 2016
Study Type:
Qualitative Study
Sample Size:
14
The Research party:
Al-Balqa Applied University, Jordan
Main Idea or Research Questions:
This study discusses the identity construction of young deaf people in Jordan through their own interpretation and the perspectives of their families. The findings show that schools and family environments remain predominantly exclusionary in socializing young deaf into the construction of an identity of disability.