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Abstract: An overview is provided of (a) deaf education in China, (b) views of deaf Chinese, and (c) recent empowering international collaborations. China's national policy focuses on oral/aural education and hearing rehabilitation. However, everyday practice in schools for deaf children includes various forms of Chinese Sign Language. Early childhood education focuses on speech and hearing. Elementary and secondary school curricula reflect low expectations for deaf students and lack the same academic content provided to hearing students. There are limited higher education opportunities. There are no support services such as note takers or interpreters for mainstreamed students. There are no deaf teacher preparation or interpreter training programs. Jobs are few; the vast majority of deaf adults are unemployed. Deaf people interviewed for the article describe their needs, their dreams, and the changes they are witnessing, which result in part from recent empowering international collaborations.

AbstractPublic attitudes toward sound health and the surest means of achieving and sustaining it offer instructive insights into their perceptions of other, broad social and community challenges. Americans will incur significant sacrifices to enhance their quality of life and personal and family security, provided the burdens are shared fairly and public leaders dispense benefits and enforce obligations equitably.