The Effect of Education on the Occupational Status of Deaf and Hard of Hearing 26-to-64-Year-Olds

IN THE LAST QUARTER of the 20th century, federal legislation sought to eliminate disability-based discrimination by requiring reasonable accommodations in school and the workplace. One result of this legislation has been increased access to U.S. colleges and universities by deaf and hard of hearing...

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Published in:American annals of the deaf (Washington, D.C. 1886) D.C. 1886), 2013, Vol.158 (1), p.41-49
Main Authors: Walter, Gerard G., Dirmyer, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic degrees
Access to education
Adult
Americans with Disabilities Act 1990
Americans with Disabilities Act 1990-US
Auditory perception
Bachelors degrees
Census of Population
College Applicants
College Attendance
College Graduates
Colleges and universities
Data Analysis
Deaf
Deaf education
Deafness
Disabilities
Disability
Education of Hearing Disabled - legislation & jurisprudence
Education of Hearing Disabled - statistics & numerical data
Educational Attainment
Educational Status
Employment
Employment - statistics & numerical data
Employment Level
Employment Potential
FEATURE ARTICLES
Federal Legislation
Globalization
Hard of Hearing
Hearing
Hearing disorders
Hearing Impairments
Hearing loss
Higher education
Humans
Income
Income - statistics & numerical data
Labor
Labor force
Legislation
Manufacturing
Middle Aged
Occupations
Outcomes of Education
Rates of return
Salary Wage Differentials
Students
Studies
Universities
Workforce
Workplaces
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Summary:IN THE LAST QUARTER of the 20th century, federal legislation sought to eliminate disability-based discrimination by requiring reasonable accommodations in school and the workplace. One result of this legislation has been increased access to U.S. colleges and universities by deaf and hard of hearing persons. The present article reviews the literature on employment of persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and reports results of a recent analysis that used the 2010 American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010a). It was found that significant gains in college attendance and graduation occurred during the period, with individuals who attained a college degree realizing increased employment and earnings relative to individuals who had not graduated. It was also found that college graduation helps reduce the gap between the earnings of deaf persons with a college degree and those of comparably educated hearing persons.
ISSN:0002-726X
1543-0375
1543-0375
DOI:10.1353/aad.2013.0014