... for them to use and understand spoken language. Cyprus is amongst the top 5 European countries with a relatively high proportion of registered deaf people (0.12 per cent of the population: GUL, 2010 ). However, lack of technological and financial support to the Deaf Community of Cyprus leaves the Cypriot...

... to the identities of deaf people (Breivik, 2005), and can be useful when it comes to the provision of AT, if we think of the disabled social movement not as a homogenous group, but as a landscape of minorities with different and fluid identities. The gender‐script perspective emphasises the use of technology...

... to education through technology, including the internet and e‐learning, has meant increased student attention and motivation (Maragna, 2003 ; Schirmer, 2000 ; Marschark and Spencer, 2003 , in the field of deaf studies), accessibility for deaf people remains a largely ignored issue. Studies conducted...