
SADeaf organised our first-ever workshops on Deaf Culture, Community and Language and United Nations on the convention for Persons with Disability (UNCRPD) on 19 June 2021 and and 17 July 2021. The. 57 participants were from NTU WSC RSPDC, MediSign, NP Hi! Club, RP DEAFining, SP Sign Language Club and Signifique.
The workshop, conducted via Zoom, provided the audience with an intensive knowledge of Deaf culture, community, history, language and what the UNCRPD was about. It was presented by James Ong from the SADeaf Deaf Studies Department and assisted by SADeaf community interpreter, Haizer.
By James Ong, SADeaf