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International Day of Sign Languages – September 23
September 26 , 2019
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- International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) is celebrated annually across the world on 23 September every year along with International Week of the Deaf.
- The first International Day of Sign languages was celebrated by the United Nations in 2018 under the theme “With Sign Language, Everyone is Included!”.
- The choice of 23 September is the same date that the World Federation of the Deaf was established in 1951.
- International Week of the Deaf (IWDeaf) is celebrated annually across the world during the last full week of September since 2009.
- The over-arching theme of IDSL 2019 is “Sign Language Rights for All!”.
- DSL corresponds with International Week of the Deaf, and each day of the week has a sub-theme as follows:
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