Marcelo Dos Santos and the family legacy behind Paraguayan Sign Language teaching

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Paraguay's La Tribuna profiles sign language teacher and interpreter Marcelo Dos Santos, whose work is tied to his father, Deaf rights activist Dilmar Dos Santos; together they co-wrote two foundational books on Paraguayan Sign Language in 2005 and 2010. Marcelo left accounting studies to work full time in sign language as demand for interpreters grew. In 2018 the family founded the Organizacion Lengua de Senas Paraguay, which won the Education Ministry's first official recognition of a sign language course.

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