Deaf Reach--Hyderbad, India


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Director of the Department of Disabled Welfare, State Government of Andhra Pradesh, releasing India's First Sign Language Training Video developed by DEAF REACH, supported by UNICEF.

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Union Minister for Urban Development visiting one of the Stalls at Deaf Expo '98 as part of the International Week of the Deaf, Sept. '98

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English classes for the deaf

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Founder J.S.K. Rao interpreting in sign language at an AIDS Awareness workshop.

Our Teacher Training program for Deaf adults is the first of its kind in India. Currently we have students from four cities. The one-year course trains deaf adults to be teachers in deaf schools. It is also the only program in India to offer a Bilingual approach to Deaf education, that is, using Indian Sign Language as the first language to learn other languages.

The consultant to our program is Dr. Madan Vashihsta, a prominent Deaf Educator from Gallaudet University, Washington DC (Gallaudet University is the world's only University for the Deaf.) Our program is being watched very keenly by the Rehabilitation Council of India and other government bodies, and is expected to be replicated in other parts of the country.

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Sign Language training for teachers of the deaf.

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Leadership training program.

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Skit on communal harmony and inter-religious cooperation at the All India Cultural Festival for the Deaf, Hyderabad.