The Gallaudet University Museum opened “Making a Difference: Deaf Peace Corps Volunteers" in the Weyerhaeuser Family Gallery and Exhibition Hall of the I. King Jordan Student Academic Center on Tuesday, October 25. Deaf Returned Peace Corps Volunteers with Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams. Credit: Doug Slaunwhite The exhibition features photographs and objects from deaf people, many of whom are Gallaudet alumni, who served the Peace Corps in Kenya, Ghana, the Philippines, St. … [Read more...]
Importance of bilingualism for deaf children
Dr. Joseph Valente is involved in comprehensive research in childhood studies, comparative and international education, educational anthropology, deaf studies and disability studies. He is the author of the autobiographical novel and autoethnography, "d/Deaf and d/Dumb: A Portrait of a Deaf Kid as a Young Superhero," published by Peter Lang. Currently, Joe is the co-principal investigator of the video ethnography project "Kindergartens for the Deaf in Three Countries: Japan, France and the … [Read more...]
An Individual Member of the WFD contributes to organisation's daily work which deals with supporting and strengthening deaf associations, organizing human rights trainings, advancing deaf people's rights in the United Nations human rights system, spreading information on the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities(CRPD), producing material in sign language and much more. 