3-0445 THE DEADLY LEGACIES OF NEGLECT: DEAFNESS, DISABILITY AND HIV/AIDS DISCOURSES

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Thursday, November 17, 2011: 10:15-12:00

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Students, Practicing and Applied Anthropologists

Organizers: Leila Monaghan (U Wyoming/UMUC) and Jessica Lee (University of Colorado)

Chairs: Jessica Lee (University of Colorado)

Discussants: Karen Nakamura (Yale University)

10:15

The Death of Discourse: Official and Deaf Community Discourses On HIV/AIDS

Leila Monaghan (U Wyoming/UMUC)

10:30

My History with Deaf HIV/AIDS In Quebec

Michel Turgeon (Coalition Sida des Sourds du Québec)

10:45

Quebec Sign Language (LSQ) and Deafhood Should Not Be Obstacles to Accessing Health Information: Community Based Tools for HIV-Prevention

Charles Gaucher (Universite de Moncton)

11:00

Disability Rights As Human Rights: the Intersection of the Modern Disability Rights and LGBT Rights Movements In the Context of HIV/AIDS Communities

David E. Hale (American Association of People with Disabilities)

11:15

Uneven Knowledge: Deaf Tanzanians and HIV/AIDS

Jessica Lee (University of Colorado)

11:30

Discussant

Karen Nakamura (Yale University)

11:45

Discussion

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