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24/09/23 12:43 PM IST

World Sign Language Day

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  • Sign Language Day’ with the theme “A World Where Deaf People Everywhere Can Sign Anywhere!” was celebrated by the Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), New Delhi.
World Sign Language Day
  • Ever since the United Nations declared 23rd September as the International Day of Sign Languages, the ISLRTC celebrates it every year on 23rd September.
  • Basic Communication Skills in Indian Sign Language an online self-learning course was launched. The primary aim of this course is to foster basic communication skills in Indian Sign Language. It is tailor-made for parents of deaf children, siblings, educators, and individuals interested in acquiring basic knowledge of Indian Sign Language (ISL). The course comprises 10 modules, covering 30 essential topics, ensuring a comprehensive grasp of basic ISL communication.
  • 260 signs of Financial terms in Indian Sign Language which are jointly developed by ISLRTC, Societe Generale and V-Shesh was launched. The sign for financial terms are developed to facilitate communication between deaf and hearing people working in the financial and banking sector. The project will help improve the employment prospects of deaf job-seeking youth.
  • 10,000 ISL dictionary terms were launched on website.
  • ISL course in Special Schools for the hearing impaired was launched.
  • Video Relay Service for the deaf community through WhatsApp video calls was launched. Video Relay Service is a video telecommunication service which enables deaf people to communicate with hearing people vide a remote sign language interpreter.
Historical Background
  • The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), a federation of 135 national federations of the deaf, proposed the idea for the day on behalf of the estimated 70 million deaf people around the world.
  • The Permanent Mission of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations, along with 97 other UN Member States, sponsored Resolution A/RES/72/161, which was unanimously adopted on December 19, 2017.
  • The date of September 23 was chosen to honour the day in 1951 when the WFD was established. On that day, an advocacy group was founded, and one of its main objectives was to preserve sign languages and deaf culture as a prerequisite for the fulfilment of the human rights of deaf people.
Source- PIB

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