<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">SignWriting List<div class="">March 21, 2016</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">How terrific, Erika - A momentous time to be in Malta!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Congratulations to everyone -</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Val ;-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">---------------</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Mar 21, 2016, at 4:40 AM, Erika Hoffmann-Dilloway <<a href="mailto:erhoffma@oberlin.edu" class="">erhoffma@OBERLIN.EDU</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">It's an exciting time to be in Malta! I had the pleasure to get to celebrate with some of the key players following the decision and feel very fortunate to have been able to witness the occasion!<br class=""></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 10:31 PM, Stephen E Slevinski Jr <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:slevin@signpuddle.net" target="_blank" class="">slevin@signpuddle.net</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 3/18/16 9:20 AM, Marie Alexander wrote:<br class="">
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I just wanted to share the wonderful news that Maltese Sign Language (LSM)<br class="">
is now an official language in Malta.<br class="">
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Hi Marie Alexander,<br class="">
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That's great news! I added a new section to the Wikipedia page on the legal recognition of sign languages.<br class="">
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_recognition_of_sign_languages#Malta" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_recognition_of_sign_languages#Malta</a><span class=""><br class="">
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There is, of course, a lot of work to be done to enable the law to make a<br class="">
difference but this is the first big step.<br class="">
Signwriting will play an important role as we hope to develop resources<br class="">
through it too.<br class="">
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Yes, there is so much work to be done, but it's work that is worth doing.<br class="">
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SignWriting is important for the development of real literacy and expression. I look forward to hearing more about the future of Maltese Sign Language.<br class="">
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Regards,<br class="">
-Steve<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br class="">
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