[Sw-l] Maltese Sign Language made official

Fri Mar 18 15:21:35 UTC 2016

Congratulations to the Deaf community of Malta. 

We all hope the law will help bring great advances for the community's campaigns! 

Best 

Machado 

From: "Marie Alexander" <marie.alexander at UM.EDU.MT> 
To: SW-L at LISTSERV.VALENCIACOLLEGE.EDU 
Sent: Friday, 18 March, 2016 11:20:10 
Subject: Maltese Sign Language made official 

Dear Friends, 
I just wanted to share the wonderful news that Maltese Sign Language (LSM) is now an official language in Malta. 
The Bill became law on Wednesday 16th, less than 48 hours ago. I was in Parliament with some members of the 
Deaf community. 

Hopefully, this will make a difference to many here, particularly to youngsters at school but also to the adults. 
There is, of course, a lot of work to be done to enable the law to make a difference but this is the first big step. 
Signwriting will play an important role as we hope to develop resources through it too. 

I wouldn't be surprised if some of you saw one of the photos that went floating across smartphones within minutes. 

I thought you would all be pleased about this. The Maltese Deaf community is tiny but they make up for it in other ways. 

Regards to all, 
Marie Alexander 
Malta 

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