September is also Deaf Awareness Month with the International Day of Sign Languages (23 September) and the International Week of the Deaf being observed
Recognition of South African Sign Language as an official language will help bring deaf people in from margins of society
If South African Sign Language is recognised as one of the country’s official languages, it will considerably ease many of the deaf community’s problems of access, education and equality.
A deaf man in Kenya spread the message of Covid-19 when he realised a million hearing impaired people were left out of the conversation
‘Words cannot describe the emotions experienced by both learner and educator when a basic skill has been mastered’
Now that children can take sign language in matric, it will be easier to obtain a bachelor’s pass
Late diagnosis of the disability profoundly affects the development and future of youngsters.
Children with disabilities are not being properly catered to by SA’s so-called special schools.
The Balalaika hotel in Johannesburg is breaking new ground, focusing on opportunities for hearing-impaired workers.
Following outrage from the deaf community about a possible fake deaf signer at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, the government has come to his defence.
Reports questioning the validity of the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service has sparked outrage in the deaf community.