Signs of hope at health screening: sign language interpreter helps Deaf participants in Penang
About 100 Deaf participants from deaf associations in Penang, Kedah, Perlis and Perak got health screenings with a sign language interpreter at the Aku Kasih Malaysia Komuniti Pekak (northern) programme at Universiti Sains Malaysia, The Star reports. Penang Deaf Association interpreter Asma Nurul Ain Salim said no more than 10 interpreters serve Penang and Kedah, and the Malaysian Association of Sign Language Interpreters says Malaysia has only about 60 active interpreters for some 54,000 people with hearing disabilities.
