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GLOBALASL19d ago

2026 | Sign language training promotes inclusion at TUT

By Rebabaletsoe Maine and Kgothatso Monono The Department of Higher Education Development and Support (HEDS) Disability Unit, in collaboration with the Department of Applied Languages and the Pan South African Language Board (PanSALB), recently hosted a five-day Basic Sign…

Via Tshwane University of Technology
GLOBALADVOCACY19d ago

Deaf community calls for better service access

Communication barriers continue to limit Deaf people’s access to essential services in Fiji, with calls for greater use and recognition of Fiji Sign Language. World Federation of the Deaf Oceania Chairperson Krishneer Sen says while Deaf people have the right to sign language…

Via FBC News
GLOBALCOMMUNITY19d ago

Deaf Community Seeks Greater Inclusion in Governance.

The Nigerian Deaf community has urged the National Assembly to expedite action on the Nigerian Sign Language Bill, which seeks to provide for the establishment of a Nigerian Sign Language Council to regulate and standardise the language. The call was made during an advocacy…

Via Voice of Nigeria
GLOBALASL19d ago

Engineering graduate turns parents’ struggle into sign language technology

Inspired by his “hard of hearing” parents, a University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) student developed a South African Sign Language (SASL) to Speech Translation System for his final-year project. Akhil Hansrajh, an alumnus of Raisethorpe Secondary School, recently graduated with a…

Via The Witness | Your compass in the community
USAEDUCATION19d ago

Audit faults Arizona Deaf and Blind schools on graduations, background checks

A performance audit released Sept. 28 by the Arizona Auditor General found ASDB graduated 25 students who did not meet graduation requirements, could not show background-check records for 19 employees, and announced its Tucson campus move without formal Board approval or stakeholder input.

Via Arizona Auditor General
GLOBALCULTURE20d ago

Durban film workshop creates pathways for Deaf and Blind storytellers

Creating together: Participants and organizers of the inclusive filmmaking workshop hosted by the KZN Blind and Deaf Society in Durban Central during Deaf Awareness Month. The initiative gave Deaf and Blind participants an opportunity to explore filmmaking, create short films…

Via IOL
GLOBALADVOCACY20d ago

Deaf Persons Besiege NASS, Demands Passage Passage Of Sign Language Bill

Members of the Nigeria National Association of the Deaf (NNAD) on Monday besieged the entrance to the National Assembly, demanding the passage of the Nigerian Sign Language Bill which seeks to promote equality, inclusion and access to essential services for deaf persons in the…

Via LEADERSHIP Newspapers
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