With September being Deaf Awareness Month, the Language School at Wits Plus shares the importance of raising awareness and the courses it offers for people wanting to expand their knowledge of SASL.

He said not enough was done to accommodate the deaf community in South Africa, adding more attention had to be given to Deaf Awareness Month, which is observed annually in September.

South African Sign Language (SASL) is the first language of Deaf children who are born to Deaf parents. Have a look at the timeline of the development of SASL, all the way back from 1863.

Even though the time was not ripe for this, the proposal resulted in SASL being declared an official language in the South African Schools Act of 1996 for the purposes of teaching and learning in ...

This September, as we commemorate Deaf Awareness Month, it is a good moment to look back on the progress made in recognising South African Sign Language (SASL) and to raise awareness of the ...

September is also Deaf Awareness Month with the International Day of Sign Languages (23 September) and the International Week of the Deaf being observed during the last week of the month.

iSchoolAfrica Education Trust, in partnership with iStore, Core Group, and GAAD, has launched the Deaf Developers' Programme. May 23, 2023 Supplied Content 3 minutes read ...