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Youth build support for disability rights in Pakistan

25th August 2016 by Abid Lashari

Khizran (left), a student stands at the back with 3 young students (female). Sitting in front are three children with hearing impairments.

LAHORE: A group of young people continue to work to  support disability rights in Pakistan. Khizran, an architecture student at the National College of Arts in Lahore, Pakistan, and alumna of the Global Undergraduate Exchange Program in Pakistan (Global UGRAD-Pakistan) works with children with hearing impairments: “I always felt that a person is only disabled if the society […]

Filed Under: Asia, Field Pulse Tagged With: Global UGRAD-Pakistan, Pakistan, sign language, Volunteering

Malta: new law will recognise sign language

18th March 2016 by Global Disability Watch

Mannequin hands signing stuck on wall as art work

Published by Times of Malta March 09 2016. Go to Original Source Maltese sign language will be officially recognised through a new law that will open the door to more inclusion and help address the interpreter shortage. Deaf people in Malta have long been calling for the recognition of Maltese sign language. The first step […]

Filed Under: Europe, Policy Watch Tagged With: Malta, sign language

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