The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is concerned about steps being taken to unify Sign Languages in the Arab region. There are 22 countries and many more indigenous sign languages in the region. [...] more »

The full programme for the SIGN4 international conference is now available. The SIGN4 conference will take place in New Delhi from December 17-19, 2009. [...] more »

The "Sign Languages as Heritage Languages" symposium will be held at the First International Conference on Heritage/Community Languages on February 19-21, 2010 at the University of California Los Angeles. The main themes for the conference are: research pertaining to demographics, sociology, linguistics, psychology, education policy, aboriginal languages, teacher education, and development of instructional resources and materials, among other topics. [...] more »

An International Seminar on Sign Language research, entitled "Towards Deaf Empowerment through Sign Language Research" will be held at the University of Malaya from May 30-31, 2009. [...] more »

An International Colloquium dedicated to the Sign Languages (CILS) will be held from November 16-20, 2009 at the University of Namur in Belgium. [...] more »

Brighton beach was transformed into a classroom on Saturday 20 June, when Britain’s Deaflympics representative for football, Roanna Simmons, taught fellow Southern Housing Group residents to sign the Group’s name in British Sign Language (BSL). [...] more »

The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is concerned about steps being taken to unify Sign Languages in the Arab region. There are 22 countries and many more indigenous sign languages in the region. [...] more »

The full programme for the SIGN4 international conference is now available. The SIGN4 conference will take place in New Delhi from December 17-19, 2009. [...] more »

Speaking Gloves: Arabic Sign Language. Winner of the King Abdullah II Award for Youth Innovation and Achievement Honored at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East. [...] more »

El-Sayed, a Bedouin village nestled in the scenic landscape of the Negev Desert, is home to the largest community of deaf people in the world. Here deafness is seen not as a disability but as a natural part of life. The hearing and the deaf coexist easily in this remote society, but when one father, Salim, decides to get a cochlear implant for his son Muhammad, members of the tightly knit community have distinct, strong opinions. [...] more »

An International Seminar on Sign Language research, entitled "Towards Deaf Empowerment through Sign Language Research" will be held at the University of Malaya from May 30-31, 2009. [...] more »

An International Colloquium dedicated to the Sign Languages (CILS) will be held from November 16-20, 2009 at the University of Namur in Belgium. [...] more »

The third international workshop in Cross-Linguistic Research and International Cooperation in Sign Language Linguistics (abbreviated CLSR-3) will be hosted from February 9-12, 2008 at the International Centre for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies (iSLanDS) [...] more »

The Organisers are pleased to invite you to participate in the 2nd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity (LED 2007). The conference is to be held 21-24 November 2007 at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand [...] more »