It's OK to be deaf

Records the attempts by the mother of a profoundly deaf student to obtain adecuate schooling for her daughter within a normal school environment. Underlines the importance in particular of not treating children with hearing impairment as different from children without hearing impairments.

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Credits

director

Peter Brighton

production company

Institute of Educational Administration

Duration

00:15:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

509380

Language

English

Subject categories

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Mainstreaming in education

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children, Deaf

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children, Deaf

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1986

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