Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Swiss federation for the deaf asks for official apology from institutions that banned sign language in schools

From Swiss news:The Swiss federation for the deaf has called for an official apology from institutions which banned sign language in schools from the end of the 19th century.Over the course of a century, the decree against using sign language ensured the deaf were excluded from higher education, according to the federation.“Throughout all these years, schools for the deaf in Switzerland went as