It’s #SignMonday
Today we’re learning the sign for "HEARING." 👂🏾
Join the movement for universal communication.
Who are you teaching this sign to today? Tag them 👇🏾
#KenyanSignLanguage#KISE
ALT An educational poster from the Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) titled "SIGN MONDAY!"
The poster features a central illustration of a woman with dark hair wearing a teal shirt, demonstrating the KSL sign for the word "Help." To perform the sign, she places her closed right hand (with the thumb extended upward) on top of her open left palm.
The bottom of the poster includes the KISE logo and social media handles for their website, YouTube, Facebook, and X.
Kenya’s Constitution & the UN CRPD make #KenyanSignLanguage a legal right not a courtesy. For #Deaf#women & #girls, especially in #SRHR & #GBV contexts, real-time interpretation means full participation, informed consent & dignity. #Accessibility is a legal & moral duty.
#A11y
ALT This visual from This Ability promotes an important accessibility tip: incorporating a sign language interpreter into virtual meetings or presentations. The illustration features a smiling speaker in a colorful outfit with clear on-screen captions and a visible Kenya Sign Language (KSL) interpreter in a separate video frame. This ensures that individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing can fully participate in the conversation. The image is complemented by popular app icons to symbolize digital inclusivity and highlights the website www.this-ability.org for more resources. It smartly conveys the message that true accessibility involves multiple formats—visual, auditory, and interactive—to ensure no one is left behind.
Dive into the Deaf culture and inclusivity by learning Kenyan sign language create meaningful connections through the beauty of sign language. 🤝✨These are some of the reasons to learn #SignLanguageInclusivity"#kenyansignlanguage
Earlier in the week, I met the "Ombudsman" and learnt about the Office of the Ombudsman which is also known as The Commission on Administrative Justice, located at West End Towers in Westlands, Nairobi. (Wewe ulikuwa unajua juu ya hii ofisi?😌).
The Office renders a free service that helps Kenyans both in the public and private sector get their rights. It ensures compliance with the integrity requirements in the law by public officers. It also oversees the implementation of the Access to Information Act, 2016. This free service shoulders Kenyans from having to go to court and incur a lot of legal fees to settle some matters.
I am so proud of the achievements that Cmmr. Washington Sati, MBS, the Vice Chairperson of the Commission, has achieved thus far. As a member and frontliner for advocacy in the deaf community; he has scaled the heights of success and garnered expertise in gender, disability, governance and human rights with a specialisation in social, political and economic rights.
I loved getting to know of his pursuit of greatness through his educational and career journey; which was topped by my now favourite story of how he met and asked his wife out☺️. #KenyanSignLanguage#DeafCommunityInKenya#LearnSign
ALT Elder Richard Mutai smiles as he preaches the sermon in Kenyan Sign Language for Possibility Ministries Sabbath 2023 at the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Kariobangi, Kenya. He is wearing a grey suit with a white shirt and a purple & pink tie and pocket scarf.
#KenyanSignLanguage is unique as it shows interpretations of various Kenyan expressions we use in daily interactions. We were taught & corrected on the usage of major representations of words and I was assigned a sign name that the deaf persons would use during our interaction.
To get Started...
Download the @DeafeLimuBank App now and learn how to sign over 300 bank-environment vocabulary in Kenyan Sign Language.
Available on both Android and App Store at deafelimubanking.africa/#A11YFinance
"You collapse time by interacting with other people's experiences" Zachary Nyange Muasya (Lecturer Kenya Institute of Special Education)
Interpreter : Susan Thuo #accessibility#KenyanSignLanguage
Nominated MCA Harrison Bundi Kariuki, a person with hearing disabilities, sworn in by the clerk of the County Assembly of Kirinyaga, using sign language
Did you know teaching your child sign language can improve their reaction time and peripheral vision?
Register for the Kenya Sign Language Holiday camp to enjoy these benefits. Visit bit.ly/kslcamp, or call 0703180345
#kenyansignlanguage#lughaishara#deafinclusion
FSD Kenya has partnered with @KenyaBankers and @deafelimuplus to create the first bank-environment Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) self-training mobile application. It will be the first of its kind in Africa, facilitating better communication with deaf bank clients. #InclusiveFinance
#Deaf people and #KenyanSignlanguage interpreters initiated together the drafting of the bill. After its draft, we shared the bill with other #CSOs to have their inputs before its introduction to the parliament. This is a good practice to make legitimate legislation. #COSP14