Career and workplace experiences of Australian university graduates who are deaf or hard of hearing
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Hyde, Merv
Power, Des
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This article reports on the experiences of a group of deaf and hard-of-hearing alumni of Griffith University in south-east Queensland, Australia. Participants completed a survey answering questions about their communication patterns and preferences, working lives, career barriers or difficulties anticipated and encountered, and workplace accommodations used or sought. Results revealed a range of career barriers and workplace difficulties encountered by these participants, as well as solutions found and strategies used by them. Differences in employment sector, job-search activities, difficult workplace situations, and use of accommodations were noted between 2 groups: those who communicated primarily in Australian Sign Language and considered themselves to have a Deaf or bicultural identity and those who communicated primarily in spoken English and considered themselves to have a hearing identity. Implications for university services supporting deaf and hard-of-hearing students are outlined, and suggestions for further research are made.
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Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
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Fall 2007
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12
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4
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© 2007 Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education following peer review. Please refer to the link for the definitive publisher-authenticated version.
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Language, communication and culture