WFD celebrating International Week of Deaf People
The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is celebrating the International Week of Deaf People 2023 this week leading up to the International Day of Sign Languages on September 23.
This week’s theme is “A World Where Deaf People Everywhere Can Sign Anywhere.”
The WFD has invited all public places, public landmarks, and official buildings around the world to shine a blue light on it tomorrow to show their commitment to supporting national sign languages.
If you scroll through social media and look at the hashtag #IDSL and #BlueLight, you should see various posts from those celebrating sign languages.
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The WFD has highlighted the new “Declaration on the Rights of Deaf Children,” which was approved at the recent WFD General Assembly in South Korea. Article 2 of the declaration says, “All deaf children have a right to a sign language. National sign language(s) are the only fully accessible language for deaf children from birth onwards.”
WFD posted on X that WFD President Dr. Joseph Murray attended a regional parliament building in Italy to call for sign languages to be accorded equal status alongside national spoken languages and that every Italian child should learn both Italian and Italian Sign Language.
WFD also said it’s concerned that 60% of the countries in the world have not legally recognized their national sign language and has provided guidelines to help deaf communities advocate for legal recognition.
This is for tomorrow — Happy International Day of Sign Languages!
https://twitter.com/WFDeaf_org/status/1702170305131933916
Toolkit: http://wfdeaf.org/GuidelinesASLR/