Category: Deaf Culture
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International Day of Mother Language – 21st February
The International Day of Mother Language serves to recognise and promote linguistic and cultural diversity on a global scale. “I again realised that we were not different people with separate languages; we were one people, with different tongues.” — Nelson Mandela. The International Day of Mother Language, observed annually on 21 February, promotes awareness of…
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Wednesday 24th September 2025
Multilingual Educators for Deaf Learners The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), a leading global organisation dedicated to championing the rights of deaf individuals, is a staunch advocate for the implementation of Article 24 of the CRPD. This pivotal Article mandates that deaf learners should be educated in environments that are both linguistically and culturally…
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Tuesday 23rd October 2025
Tuesday 23rd October 2025 No Human Rights without Sign Language Rights All people have an inherent right to human rights from birth. For deaf people, sign language rights are not just a means of communication, but a source of empowerment, enabling them to enjoy their human rights fully. This empowerment is a testament to the…
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International Week of Deaf People 2025
Theme for 2025: No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights 22 to 28 September 2025 Each year, Deaf communities around the world come together to celebrate the International Week of Deaf People. It is a time when we can all unite, regardless of our differences, to raise awareness about human rights, particularly for people with…
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Deaf Culture and Arts
Deaf Culture and Arts – Saturday 25th 2021 “Deaf people regularly come together to share their language and culture. Deaf culture involves the behaviours, traditions, beliefs, values, history, humour, art that exists within Deaf communities. Deaf communities are proud of their linguistic and cultural identity and celebrate that regularly in many different ways.” Through many…
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We sign for Human Rights.
We sign for Human Rights. – Thursday 23rd September 2021 “We Sign For Human Rights! On this International Day of Sign Languages, we celebrate our collective efforts- deaf communities, governments, and civil society representatives- to recognize and promote the over 200 different national sign languages around the world. Together we sign onto a declaration of…
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“What mental health needs is more sunlight, more candor, and more unashamed conversation.” — Glenn Close
Mental Illness and addiction among in the Deaf community and Disabled people in the community – continue “Immediate and short-term attention has been directed to the negative mental health effects of COVID-19 in many countries. However, such attention needs to be put to more ambitious use. Now is the opportunity to make securing the emotional…
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Another day with a new Lockdown in NZ
Oh, bother, and here we go as we, New Zealanders, are in Lockdown Four on August 18th 2021. Yes, it is accurate as one person has got a Covid19 strain – Delta Variant from NSW, (New South Wales), Australia and now it has fallen infects to 21 persons around Auckland so far. This afternoon, eleven…
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If I am to Dream…
This photo was taken several years ago (2019), where I was in the Waikato District Council Disability advisory group meeting and the DHB (District Health Board) staff at the old Farmers Building – now Waikato District Health Building in Hamilton. I was in the reception room, and I saw the quote displayed on the wall…
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Dream, Believe and Achieve
“Sign language is the noblest gift God has given to deaf people.” ~ George Veditz Over a thousand years, many D/deaf people use to communicate with their hands if they were signing to another D/deaf people. Other people thought they were signing oddly even they do not realise they (D/deaf people) can not hear any sounds, let…