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International Day of Sign Languages - 23 September
September 23 , 2018
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- International Day of Sign Languages is celebrated annually across the world on 23 September every year along with International Week of the Deaf.
- This year it was the first International Day of Sign Languages. Its theme was “With Sign Language, Everyone is Included!”.
- This day aims to raise awareness of the importance of sign language in the full realization of the human rights of people who are deaf.
- International Day of Sign Languages was proposed by World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)
- UN General Assembly instituted this day in December 2017 and the choice of 23 September commemorates the date of establishment of WFD in 1951.
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