Question 15891 — people with disabilities

Summary

Mr. Alexis Corbière draws the attention of the Minister of National Education and Youth to the closure of a specialized class at the Danièle Casanova integrated school (EIDC) in Argenteuil which until then welcomed deaf and hard of hearing children. It should be noted that the EIDC is the only specialized establishment in the Val-d'Oise department for these audiences. Created in 1972, this structure provides a response adapted to the specific needs of each child according to their deafness, by setting up an individualized project with parents, students and a versatile teaching team (teachers mastering sign language, speech therapists, hearing aid specialists, psychologists). This year, a month after the start of the school year, the national education system decided to close this specialized class at the EIDC, leading to an express reorientation of two groups of children, including one with very serious academic difficulties, towards the Local Unit for Educational Inclusion (ULIS) located in Saint-Gratien. Among them, certain CE1 level students with a very limited understanding of oral language were suddenly integrated into 5th level classes without any support or precautions having been anticipated to facilitate their integration. This situation created unease, both for the EIDC agents, the parents and their children, most of whom were not informed in time of these orientations, as well as for the professionals and students of ULIS, whose rhythm was largely disrupted by these new arrivals. These closures are not insignificant in that they demonstrate a marginalization of the teaching of sign language, thus organizing the social, educational and academic exclusion of deaf and hard of hearing children. This disengagement of the State violates their right to education, although it is guaranteed by legislative and constitutional provisions. The circular of February 23, 2017, for example, prescribes the need for the education system to “adapt to the particular needs” of deaf and hard of hearing students. Behind these declarations of good intentions, the reality is quite different and the future of these young people is today threatened. Faced with this situation worryingly, the MP asks him his intentions to ensure good learning conditions for deaf and hard of hearing students to achieve the objective of an “inclusive school” declared by the Government.

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