Empowering Deaf learners through literacy and language development
The Deaf community’s world is small – we feel like family when we meet any Deaf person, even if you come from another continent. We as South Africans feel proud together with the United Kingdom: British Sign Language is now official. We really hope our language, South African Sign Language, will be official soon…
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We had another successful day today in Stellenbosch with Jabaar Cassiem Mohamed. We interviewed him about his success in the media industry, his view on the status of SASL in SA, his involvement with DeafSA and his show, Accessibility With Jabaar – TV Talk Show. Thank you Oude Leeskamer (Jannie Mouton) for the venue. We
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Beautiful message from Modiegi to wrap up the week. “We want Deaf people to participate in hearing society, but we also want hearing people to learn about who we are as a community. We have to build a bridge and let the two streams mix into one river.” Stories about the Deaf community have recently
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A new South African app called DEAFinition, developed by mobile app specialists Codehesion, helps users to learn the basics of sign language to communicate with Deaf friends and family. DEAFinition is a non-profit company providing a range of services and funding opportunities to promote equal access for the Deaf community. The SASL DEAFinition App, available to
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