INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SIGN LANGUAGES

About:

• United Nations has declared 23rd September as International Sign Language Day. This day was formally accepted by the United Nations Assembly in 2017.
  
  
• Sign languages are fully-fledged natural languages, structurally distinct from the spoken languages.
  
  
• The objective of the day is to raise awareness of the importance of sign language in the full realization of the human rights of people who are deaf.
  
  
• The theme of this year is “Sign Language Rights for All”.