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Deaf Awareness 101
Presented by Jack Owiti
Kenya National Association of the Deaf -
KNAD
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What comes to your mind when yousee, think or hear of a Deaf person?
Deaf Awareness
101
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Who is a Deaf person?
W hat do y ou call people w ho cannot hear
?Deaf lik e K eny an, Af r ic an or Amer ic an
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Myths about Deafness
Angry, Hot tempered
Will beat you up till you bleed – must see blood
Mad, crazy, possessed
Dumb, Mute, Invalid
Will have deaf children
Cursed
Cannot live independently
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Stereotypes
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Causes
Hereditary – genetic, generational
Measles, Mumps
Meningitis, Malaria
ENT infections
Accidents – 98 bomb blast
Occupational – exposure to long loud high frequencysounds – factory, call center, drilling
Unknown
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Global
Populations, Trends
Global
Sub Sahara Africa
Kenya – 1 Million, Nairobi 4-5,000
WFD – World Federation of the Deaf
WASLI – World Association of Sign LanguageInterpreters
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Regional
East Africa
Uganda
Tanzania/Zanzibar
Rwanda
Burundi
South Sudan
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Kenya
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Perspectives on Deafness
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History of the Deaf in Kenya
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Emergence of schools for theDeaf
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KNAD formation
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Deaf Community in Kenya
Deaf people are visual people – people of the eye
Communication
Information
Visual people
Ethnic cultural group
Sociolinguistic minority
Values, Traditions, Rules of behavior, Language
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Kenyan Sign Language
Myths about KSL
Signing is primitive and animal like
communicationSign language has no grammar
Sign Language is inadequate, underdeveloped
Not a real language
Sign language is universal
All Deaf people can lipread
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Kenyan Sign Language
Facts about KSL
KSL is a real language, consisting of a structured
system – syntax, grammar, morphology,lexicography etc
Totally separate and different language from Eng,Swa or spoken languages
Consists of variations, borrowings andadaptations from other SL or SpL
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Challenges
Implementation of the PWD Act 2003,5,12; SNEpolicy, KSL policy
Education – Deaf Education, Deaf teachers espECD, use of KSL, KSL teaching materials
Employment – 5%, capacity building
Access to Information – Interpretation of essentialservices, training, certification and regulation of interpreters
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Deaf Kenyans and Devolution
No Deaf politician in the National Assembly
One Deaf woman nominated in Migori – County
Rep.No Deaf nominated or appointed in National or
County government
Devolved structure has many opportunities nowand in the future
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Implications for WSTF
Change of attitudes towards the Deaf, KSL
Increased knowledge on issues related to
disabilities in KenyaTarget