Teaching

GLIMPSES OF A DEAF PERSON’S CHILDHOOD

Mr. Caia is a Professor of Italian Sign Language at Ca’ Foscari University, in Venice. He was born in 1976 in Siracuse (Sicily) from deaf parents and he is deaf himself. In his family, they all use Italian Sign Language to communicate with each other. They found out about his deafness when he was attending…

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Community

BEING DEAF IN MODERN-DAY SOCIETY

How would you talk to your parents or friends if you were deaf? The answer is pretty straightforward: the most natural mean of communication for a hearing-impaired person is Sign Language, which conveys a message by employing hands and eyes, instead of voice and ears. A WORLD TO BE SEEN There are many prejudices associated…

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