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Ubuntu challenges the dominant views that dehumanise, isolate, stigmatise and exclude those living with disabilitiesPhoto: File

Casual Day reminds us we need a society where the disabled can thrive

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. (Photo by Luis Gandarillas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Deaf deserve to be heard

Recognition of South African Sign Language as an official language will help bring deaf people in from margins of society

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

Signing a path to freedom for the deaf

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…

A teacher at the Horizon Sign Language Training Centre in Nakuru, Martin Ndung’u took it upon himself to spread the word.

How coronavirus is affecting Kenya’s hearing impaired citizens

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

Hannelie Louw, ES Le Grange School, North West

Excellence in Special Needs Teaching

‘Words cannot describe the emotions experienced by both learner and educator when a basic skill has been mastered’

(Graphic: John McCann)

Deaf pupils cheer sign of the times

Now that children can take sign language in matric, it will be easier to obtain a bachelor’s pass

Schools deaf, blind to pupils’ needs

Children with disabilities are not being properly catered to by SA’s so-called special schools.

Deaf staff get Balalaika hotel cooking

The Balalaika hotel in Johannesburg is breaking new ground, focusing on opportunities for hearing-impaired workers.

Mandela memorial interpreter: SA’s meaningless gestures

Following outrage from the deaf community about a possible fake deaf signer at Nelson Mandela’s memorial, the government has come to his defence.

Mandela memorial interpreter

‘Fake interpreter’ at Mandela memorial enrages deaf community

Reports questioning the validity of the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s memorial service has sparked outrage in the deaf community.