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Audrey M. Garvin, a counselor at the AmericanSchool for the Deaf (ASD), which is the oldestU.S. school for deaf students, says that schoolsthat cater specifically to deaf students are ableto offer a sense of community and provide betterservices than public schools do on an individualbasis...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's Deaf Students Reject 'Culture of Deafness' | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

Garvin cites a deaf student at ASD (who isconsidering applying to Harvard) who decided totake an AP English course at a local high schoolbecause ASD does not offer AP courses...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's Deaf Students Reject 'Culture of Deafness' | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

Another major academic hurdle that studentsfrom schools for the deaf encounter is difficultywith the English language...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's Deaf Students Reject 'Culture of Deafness' | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

...Librarian Roselle Weiner agreed withHoffmeister. She says that a deaf person whoprimarily uses sign language often misses out onthe intricacies of the English language...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's Deaf Students Reject 'Culture of Deafness' | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

Despite what some see as academic limitationsof schools for the deaf, for the 90 percent ofdeaf children born to hearing parents, attending aschool specifically for deaf students is oftenattractive from a social standpoint...

Author: By Scott A. Resnick, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard's Deaf Students Reject 'Culture of Deafness' | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

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