Deaf students and mainstreaming
There have been many placements used in the education of deaf students over the years. A popular placement is residential schools that serve only deaf students. ... Since IDEA was passed in 1997, the options for deaf students have grown (Luckner 27). Among those options is mainstreaming. ... Mainstreaming in regular classes can be an invaluable tool in the education of the deaf when used along with deaf school placements. In Nazi Germany during the early 15th century, a movement called ‘eugenics’ forced deaf people to be sterilized so as not to pass down their deafness to another generation (Branson 32). There has been discrimination against the deaf for centuries. ... Cochlear implants are an issue that the Deaf community has many different views about (Chute 60).