The Education of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children in Ireland

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1The Irish Deaf Society (IDS) defines the Deaf community as a group of people who share a perception of the

2world through an emphasis on visual and kinaesthetic input. This description of ‘Deaf' is most commonly used for people who are Deaf at birth or who become so in very early childhood. This definition identifies a cultural, social and linguistic group, and is often signified by the use of a capital ‘D' (http://www.Deaf.ie). In this paper, the term 'Deaf' is used to include all Deaf people.

3 The membership of the Education Partnership Group includes representatives of DeafHear.ie, the Irish Deaf Society (IDS), the Catholic Institute for Deaf People (CIDP), the Centre for Deaf Studies, Trinity College, Dublin (CDS) and the Schools for Deaf Children in Cabra.

4The use of the term Source throughout the document is to signify data obtained directly from the named
Government department or agency.

5Cited in The Future Role of Special Schools and Classes in Ireland (NCSE, 2011a) submitted to the Minister for
Education and Skills in February 2011.