Daily Current Affairs / 23 September 2021: International Sign Language Day
Category : Important Days Published on: September 23 2021
· Every year 23 September is observed as International Sign Language Day.
· The day supports and protects the linguistic identities of people who are deaf as well as other users of sign languages.
· Announced by the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) this year's theme - 'We Sign for Human Rights' - projects "How each of us - deaf and hard of hearing people around the world - hands together to promote recognition of We have the right to use sign languages in all walks of life.
Important facts
About World Federation of the Deaf (WFD.)
v Founded: 23 September 1951, Rome, Italy
v Headquarters Location: Helsinki, Finland
v President: Joseph Murray
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