💬 “In 1880, Milan tried to ban sign languages in the education of deaf learners. 145 years later, we say: No more.” The WFD President made opening remarks at the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) in Rome, Italy. 🇮🇹

"Accessibility is a fundamental right." ~ MICROSOFT

Fingerspelling drills reinforce shape-based practice rather than letter-by-letter encoding and decoding.

🌟 Discover the Connection in "Spill, Split & Spark"! 🌟 Join us on a journey where an accidental coffee spill brings together Jenelle, a hearing student, and Jenessa, a Deaf student. 🎬 Watch now and see how these two characters bridge their worlds: youtube.com/watch?v=OThZvNEx…

We celebrate the role that young people in growing our #deaf communities. Young Deaf people are the pioneers of change. Through your engagement and creativity, you can promote our rights. Together, we will build a World Where Deaf People Everywhere Can Sign Anywhere. #YouthDay

WFD led a project for the legal recognition of sign languages in Asia, supported by @NipponF_pr. We completed training courses in 6 countries, Indonesia🇮🇩, Laos🇱🇦, Malaysia🇲🇾, Singapore🇸🇬, Thailand🇹🇭 and Vietnam🇻🇳. We invited them to review the results and their advocacy work.

Taylor's recent Singapore concert missed a crucial mark on accessibility. Deaf fans lacked interpretation services. #Inclusionmatters. Let's advocate for accessibility in all events, ensuring every fan can share in the joy of music. #AccessForAll #TSTheErasTour #TSTheErasTourSG

📅 1 March 2024 - Live Event 📣Announcement of the recent nomination of the Milan Congress in 1880 in the UNESCO Memory of the World. The resolutions of the Milan Congress have influenced the devaluation of sign languages, contributing to generations of linguistic deprivation.

We want to thank the Singapore Deaf community for their support. We are extremely grateful and hope that this will lead to more accessible concerts and shows in the future. 🤞 We would also like to acknowledge the contributions of Deaf artists Shariffah Faaiqah and Lily Goh @EOHorizons in the access for this Coldplay concert. ✨ Thank you to the other interpreters, Azzam Akbar and Fang Shawn. You guys are such amazing people to work with and I couldn’t have asked for a better team. ❤️ Thank you to @coldplay and Live Nation for this opportunity of a lifetime, providing access to Deaf communities worldwide. 🫶 #Coldplay #ColdplaySingapore #Inclusivity #Accessibility #Deaf #SignLanguageInterpreters #SignLanguage #SgSL

This from Justina Miles.. “…#accessibility must be a priority. Captions are a necessity for all social media, television, and public spaces. Interpreters need to be mandated at events, conferences, and the workplace….” ❤️🤟 Read👇 elle.com/culture/a45302331/a…

We are pleased to share with you the Resolutions of the 19th World’s Congress. Let’s use these Resolutions to better understand the human rights challenges facing deaf communities and to guide your advocacy work. ➡️Watch the Congress Resolutions: wfdeaf.org/news/wfd-congress…

I really love the lecture series today! Also, learnt a lot of issues pertaining to tourist mobility. Looking forward to attending the last day, which is tomorrow! #mobiledeaf2023

DeafWire | 8 May 2023 WFD Says Deaf People Should Teach Sign Language Visit h3world.tv for more shows and news! #H3WorldTV #Deaf #WorldSignWeek #InternationalSign #SignLanguage

Culturally Deaf people view being Deaf as a positive attribute or as a gain, not as something negative or pathological that needs to be fixed. #Deaf

🗓️Today, we celebrate International Mother #Language Day. The 2023 theme mentions multilingualism, this fits us as #deaf people perfectly. We spend our lives navigating multilingual environments while learning and adapting to the languages around us. #IMLD2023 #MotherLanguageDay

"From the fact that people are very different it follows that, if we treat them equally, the result must be inequality in their actual position, and that the only way to place them in an equal position would be to treat them differently." ~ Michael Sandel

really excited to share that Not Without Us, the first Singapore critical disability studies collection is now out! Find out more here! bit.ly/notwithoutus2023 #disabilitystudies #inclusion #singapore

Happy New Year! 🥳

⏱️Happening tomorrow Have you signed up🔗europa.eu/!wTChJP To join us for our seminar on 'Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Inclusivity and Empowerment.' 🗓️ 7th Dec 2022 🕘9.30am 📌Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore #HumanRightsDay #IDPD2022

#GlobalLeadersChallenge "Sign Languages Unite Us!" Thanks to @ZelenskaUA, the First Lady of Ukraine 🇺🇦 #IDSL #IDSL2022 #SignLanguagesUniteUs