The experiences of deaf new Americans accessing education in the United States

Utilizing Deaf Studies, Disability Studies, and DisCrit frameworks, Brent centers the stories of Deaf New American refugees' experiences accessing United States education systems. Through these personal narratives, Brent highlights the tensions multiply marginalized refugees' experience when they attempt to educate themselves in order to find dignified employment, as well as their efforts to ensure their children receive access to equitable and high-quality education. The stories Brent presents in this chapter spotlights the barriers Deaf refugees encounter when they are mandated to take language courses in order to receive benefits and employment, as well as the struggles they experience when they are not approached as equal partners when supporting their children's education. Through this chapter, Brent attempts to amplify the stories of this historically omitted population of Americans who have compelling potential solutions to the barriers they face when attempting to educate themselves and their families in the United States.