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One Greek Migrant Family and Their Deaf Child

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2024

Loula S. Rodopoulos
Loula S. Rodopoulos*
Affiliation:
Social Work Department, Monash University
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The sense of alienation, despair and hardship experienced by individual migrant families is often forgotten when discussions of migrant problems focus on general issues. This is an account of the experiences of one Greek family with two sons. The oldest, aged eight at the time, was healthy and progressing well at school unlike his younger brother who, although attending kindergarten was 'not talking'. Their parents, both factory workers, were migrants from rural Greece who had high expectations for their future in their new homeland. Unfortunately, life was to be fraught with misfortune. Not the least of this misfortune was a direct result of the insensitive welfare, medical and educational services of this state.

Type
Research Article
Information
Children Australia , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , September 1977 , pp. 59 - 65
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1977

References

References:

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Further Reading:

Green, Ken. Children from Non-English Speaking Homes in Victorian Education Department Special Schools: Teacher Perceptions of Provision and Needs. An investigation presented to the Education Faculty Monash University Oct. 1976. This is an extremely important document outlining research, presenting recommendations as well as containing a useful bibliography on related issues.Google Scholar
Harper, J. “Infantile Autism: the Evidence of National Groups in a N.S.W. Survey”, Medical Journal of Australia: March 1974, p.299–301.Google Scholar
Rodopoulos, L.S. “Greek Perceptions of the Victorian Mental Retardation Scene”, in SPECIAL, July-August, Vol. 10. No. 2.Google Scholar