Category: Deaf Sign Language
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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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It is crucial that we urgently recognise sign language as a global language.
The blogger/historian/researcher would like to thank her mother for sending the article “A visit to Gibbet Hill led to a story” and Brian Cleary, who is deaf with a cochlear implant, for discovering the long-lost book “Gibbet Hill” by Bram Stoker. Jean decided to research Bram’s mother, Charlotte M. B. Stoker, and found the speech…
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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, sex, national or ethnic origin, disability, religion, culture or language. All human beings have the right to exercise their human rights without discrimination. Human rights are civil (right to life), political (right to…
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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 the work must go on.Today the theme is about “I sign for Human Rights!” as I posted the blog earlier. The last few days back to Monday 21st September to today, I posted…
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Deaf Leadership
#IWDeaf The motto of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is “Nothing about us without us”. It means that any initiative undertaken in favour of deaf people must be done in closeconsultation with them through their representative organisations at every stage. Knowledge empowers deaf people and allows them to be…
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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 in order to maximise their participation and contribution to society. This inclusion and participation in society is underpinned by government-funded qualified and accredited sign languages interpreters, as well as multilingual workplaces which use…
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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 50 countries have formally granted their national sign languages an equal status to their national spoken language(s). This is less than 25% of the United Nations 193 Member States. National sign language recognition…
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Sign languages vs lip reading
Is sign language better than lip reading? This poem is from a Deaf child via Facebook. Movie on 2-02-20 at 5.08 PM NZSL (New Zealand Sign Language) Video on 2-02-20 at 5.11 PM Speech in conversation (Note – there is no sound except the traffic noise.) Over many years there has been widely debated over sign…
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Day Seven – Sign Language Rights for All Deaf Refugees
D/deaf refugees constitute one of the most vulnerable groups among the Deaf Community. In addition to fleeing from life-threating situations, D/deaf refugees struggle to access information on the current situation they are facing. when they settle in refugee camps, they often do not receive information in their sign language. D/deaf refugees should benefit from the…
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Day Six – Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer and questioning and asexual
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer and questioning and asexual people, among others, live in various communities around the world. Members of thee communities also include D/deaf people who embrace multiple identities. Identify for D/deaf people is inclusive of areas of life such as gender and sexuality. like other minorities, LGBTIQA+ people add diversity to…