International Day of Sign Languages
International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) is celebrated annually across the world on 23 September.
- The Theme of the year 2022 is “Sign Language Unite Us.”
Background
- In 2017, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed September 23 as the official day to celebrate the International Day of Sign Languages. The date commemorates the establishment of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) in 1951.
- It was subsequently first celebrated in 2018 as part of the International Week of the Deaf.
- The International Week of the Deaf was first celebrated in September 1958 to raise awareness of the issues deaf people face in their ....