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Category: Deaf Culture

Deaf Culture / Deaf Sign Language
  • September 27, 2020
  • 3 mins
  • 6 years
  • 393 words

I Sign for Human Rights!

#IWDeaf Human rights are a set of interlinked and inalienable rights inherent to every human being, whatever their nationality, place of residence, […]

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Deaf Culture / Deaf Sign Language
  • September 27, 2020
  • 10 mins
  • 6 years
  • 1,430 word
  • 8

Reflecting my journey as a deaf blogger/historian/researcher/advocator

Today our celebration of International Sign Language and NZSL (New Zealand Sign Language) week came to end tonight. Nevertheless, never end for […]

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Deaf Culture / Deaf Sign Language
  • September 26, 2020
  • 3 mins
  • 6 years
  • 314 words

Deaf Leadership

#IWDeaf The motto of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is “Nothing about us without us”. It […]

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Deaf Culture / Deaf Sign Language
  • September 25, 2020
  • 2 mins
  • 6 years
  • 286 words

Equal Opportunities for ALL Deaf People

#IWDeaf An inclusive employment environment in sign language is the cornerstone that enables deaf people to thrive and reach their full potential […]

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Deaf Culture / Deaf Sign Language
  • September 24, 2020
  • 3 mins
  • 6 years
  • 306 words

The Legal Recognition of National Sign Languages

#IWDeaf Uganda was the first country in the world to legally recognise its national sign language in 1995. Since then, only approximately […]

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Deaf Culture
  • September 18, 2020
  • 4 mins
  • 6 years
  • 526 words
  • 2

Weave the people together (Whiria te tangata)

Whāia te iti kahurangi ki te tūohu koe me he maunga teitei Seek the treasure you value most dearly: if you bow […]

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Deaf Culture / Deaf History
  • September 17, 2020
  • 5 mins
  • 6 years
  • 690 words
  • 3

Māori Interpreter for the Nga tangata Māori Turi

Ma tini ma mano ka rapa te whai. Many hands make light work. The population of Māori Deaf people is challenging to determine. Calculations […]

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Deaf Culture / Deaf Education / Deaf History
  • September 16, 2020
  • 3 mins
  • 6 years
  • 428 words
  • 2

An Unique Marae for the Turi Māori

https://www.teaomaori.news/turi-maori-open-their-very-own-marae Ko taku reo taku ohooho, ko taku reo taku mapihi mauria “My language is my awakening, my language is the window […]

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Deaf Culture / Deaf Education / Deaf History
  • September 15, 2020
  • 5 mins
  • 6 years
  • 698 words
  • 1

Strengthen within the Tū Tangata Turi and the wider people around Aotearoa

The importance of community/people around Aotearoa. He aha te mea nui o te ao? Hthe e tangata! He tangata! He tangata! What […]

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Deaf Culture / Deaf History
  • August 23, 2020
  • 7 mins
  • 6 years
  • 1,047 word
  • 7

Part Two: Endangered and Extinct Language

The deaf blogger is continuing to the endangered/extinct languages, including sign languages. “World languages are now rapidly being lost. Language is a […]

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