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A STUDY ACCESSIBILITY OF DEAF STUDENTS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC (CASE STUDY OF ONLINE AND OFFLINE LEARNING)
Melania Safirista Sofiarti, Murtadlo Murtadlo, Endang Pudjiastuti Sartinah

Last modified: 2021-12-04

Abstract


The COVID-19 pandemic has changed various sectors and some vital things. One of the vital things is the education sector in this case’s education for Deaf students. In this qualitative research, the researcher invites some informants to explore various things since the problem that occurs among Deaf students is about access to Sign Language Interpreters.

The result of this research revealed there were two inverse answers between two informants from Brawijaya University and two others from Dinamika University and Widya Mandala Surabaya University. The researcher chose multiple universities considering the different campus backgrounds. Two informants from Brawijaya University revealed that offline learning is more comfortable due to access and a supportive atmosphere of inclusion. Meanwhile, two informants from Dinamika University and Widya Mandala Surabaya University preferred online study because of the enjoyable web text access, compared with offline studies where they do not have interpreter access.

So, the problem that appears is that access is the right of all people with disabilities. All colleges should conduct comparative studies, review & improve their access for deaf students. With the purpose, the individuals with disabilities will enjoy the learning in college, by means inclusiveness will be implemented well for deaf students.

 


Keywords


Accessibility, interpreting, pandemic covid-19, deaf student.