Working Together Manual for Sign Language Work within Development Cooperation Working Together Manual for Sign Language Work within Development Cooperation www.slwmanual.info
[email protected] 2015 © Finnish Association of the Deaf Publication of the Finnish Association of the Deaf ISSN 1457-1099 ISBN 978-952-5396-72-0 (ePub) ISBN 978-952-5396-73-7 (USB) ISBN 978-952-5396-74-4 (PDF) © World Federation of the Deaf Pictures: Petra Juva Layout and design: List of Contents Foreword 5 Foreword 1/4 5 Foreword (continues) 2/4 6 Foreword (continues) 3/4 6 How was the manual created? 6 Foreword (continues) 4/4 7 Contributors to the manual in alphabetical order (by surname): 7 1. INTRODUCTION – WHY HAVE WE MADE THIS MANUAL? 9 1.1 The framework of the manual – the UN CRPD and the policies of the WFD 9 1.2 Why do we need a manual for Sign Language Work? 9 1.3 Who is this manual for? 10 1.4 What are the key messages of the manual? 11 2. SIGN LANGUAGES AND SIGN LANGUAGE WORK 13 2.1 Communication and natural language 13 2.2 Signed languages 13 2.2a Signed languages and spoken languages 13 2.2b Deaf people and sign languages 14 2.2c Sign language use and variation 14 2.3 What is deaf culture? 14 2.4 What is Sign Language Work? 15 2.4a Training and information 15 2.4b Sign language documentation and description 17 2.4c Language planning 17 2.5 The goals and processes of Sign Language Work 18 2.5a Goal 1: To raise linguistic awareness within the Deaf Community 18 2.5b Goal 2: To start sign language documentation and research 19 2.5c Goal 3: To share and disseminate information about Sign Language Work 19 2.5d Goal 4: To develop skills for lobbying for human and linguistic rights 20 2.5e Long-term goals for Sign Language Work (10–20 years) 20 2.6 The UN and the CRPD 20 2.6a The United Nations (UN) 20 2.6b The UN Conventions 21 2.6c The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 21 2.6d Deaf people and sign language in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 21 3.