[Sw-l] Maltese Sign Language made official

[André L]

Congratulation from Québec, Canada.

You are ahead of us....


André Lemyre


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March 18, 2016

Here, here! I second the congratulations to the Deaf Community of Malta!

Malta is ahead of many countries ;-)

The Maltese Deaf Community may be tiny, as you say, but they are setting an excellent example for the world. And I am sure your efforts, Maria, have made a major contribution...

Thank you for informing us -

Val ;-)

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On Mar 18, 2016, at 8:21 AM, Carlos Machado Oliveira <machado at SOFTWARELIVRE.ORG<mailto:machado at softwarelivre.org>> wrote:

Congratulations to the Deaf community of Malta.

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

Best

Machado

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From: "Marie Alexander" <marie.alexander at UM.EDU.MT<mailto:marie.alexander at um.edu.mt>>
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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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