Acute shortage of interpreters for Finland-Swedish sign language users: "Sign language is not an aid, it is my mother tongue"

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Everyone who uses Finland-Swedish Sign Language has to share only about ten interpreters. Not being able to communicate in their mother tongue has become everyday life for many Deaf Finland-Swedes.

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