Australia:Family loses bid to have interpreter in classroom

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200505/s1381262.htm

A Sunshine Coast family is moving to Western Australia after losing their bid to have an interpreter allowed in class with their seven-year-old deaf daughter.

Gail Smith says she took Education Queensland to court when it prevented her from acting as an interpreter in her daughter's class at the Coolum State School, but she has lost the case.

She says her daughter will be treated better in Western Australia.

"They said that she would be entitled to a full-time Auslan, which is an Australian sign-language interpreter," Ms Smith said.

"Also a teacher of the deaf four days a week and speech therapy three times a week for half an hour.

"And in Queensland all we wanted was access to an interpreter full-time."
 
This is EXACTLY why seperate schools are needed. Mainstream schools are just so damn STUBBORN about providing accomondations....under IDEA they don't have to provide good accomondations....just those that THEY deem are good (which could be very minimal like a notetaker and an auditory trainer!)
 
Buggar that! That's discrimination BIG time. :roll: It also shows that Australia's still a bit behind in being more understanding and providing services needed by the deaf and hard of hearing community. Just hope that soon Australia in whole will eventually turn things around and improve services for the deaf and hard of hearing people.
 
I thought Australia was more proactive with things like this.
 
Yeah, and there was that "The case about Amy" where the judge ruled that the DODA girl didn't need a 'terp in the classroom setting.....
 
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