- Languages and Linguistics, Sign Languages, Sign Language Linguistics, Deaf Studies, Sign Linguistics, Sign Language, (Homo)sexuality within Deaf Culture, Emerging Sign Languages, and 37 moreLanguage and Deafness, Deafhood, Deaf history, Literacy and Deafness, Deaf Education, Language Acquisition Deaf Children Cochlear Implants, Communication, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Psycholinguistics, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Typology, Anthropological Linguistics, Language Typology, Language Evolution, LIS Lingua dei segni italiana, Endangered Languages, Reading and Writng for Deaf Students, Sign Linguistics, Applied Sign Linguistics, Sign Language, British Sign Language, Surdophobia, General linguistics, Deaf studies, Deaf Culture, Sign Bilingualism, African Studies, Deafness, Deafness and Hearing Loss, Cultural Heritage, Accessibility and universal design (Architecture), Accessible Tourism, Sordità, Accessibilità E Divulgazione Culturale, Accessibilità Beni Culturali, and Accessibilityedit
- Working in the Turin Institution for the Deaf since 1998 and Sign Language linguistedit
Il museo come strumento di partecipazione e democrazia culturale.
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Deafhood and Deafness
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The enrollment of d/Deaf students in the universities of Turin, Italy, has increased for the past 15 years. Each student is entitled to an individual plan and special educational services, such as sign language interpretation and... more
The enrollment of d/Deaf students in the universities of Turin, Italy, has increased for the past 15 years. Each student is entitled to an individual plan and special educational services, such as sign language interpretation and specialized tutorships. However, results of this study highlight several issues, including high percentages of d/Deaf students dropping out from university and the lack of access to international mobility programs.
Despite the fact that accessibility to places of culture (art. 30; museums, cinemas, theatres, cultural institutions and libraries) is explicitly stated in the UN Convention, it is not yet a right which is fully enforceable for deaf... more
Despite the fact that accessibility to places of culture (art. 30; museums, cinemas, theatres, cultural institutions
and libraries) is explicitly stated in the UN Convention, it is not yet a right which is fully enforceable for deaf
people.
Best practices and experimental projects set up by important cultural institutions are not lacking but the issue
has not yet been tackled sufficiently in order to provide cultural operators with guidelines promoting the inclusion
of all kinds of audiences among the end-users of their events. It would therefore be appropriate to raise the
awareness of museum curators and event organisers so that they can design their events to be accessible right
from the beginning, instead of «adapting» them later on. In fact, deaf people have very different, multimodal
communicative requirements and «delegating» accessibility to the availability of an interpreter when needed
or to dubious technologies is not enough.
Planning accessible events should also see them actively involved, as key players of innovation and not just
the end-users of a service, with a view to a wider democratisation of culture.
and libraries) is explicitly stated in the UN Convention, it is not yet a right which is fully enforceable for deaf
people.
Best practices and experimental projects set up by important cultural institutions are not lacking but the issue
has not yet been tackled sufficiently in order to provide cultural operators with guidelines promoting the inclusion
of all kinds of audiences among the end-users of their events. It would therefore be appropriate to raise the
awareness of museum curators and event organisers so that they can design their events to be accessible right
from the beginning, instead of «adapting» them later on. In fact, deaf people have very different, multimodal
communicative requirements and «delegating» accessibility to the availability of an interpreter when needed
or to dubious technologies is not enough.
Planning accessible events should also see them actively involved, as key players of innovation and not just
the end-users of a service, with a view to a wider democratisation of culture.
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Contributo al volume "Accessibilità e fruibilità nei luoghi di interesse culturale" con riferimento alle persone con disabilità
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come è cambiato l'approccio delle persone sorde alla scrittura con l'esplosione dei social network e delle nuove tecnologie?
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L'adattamento dei testi per renderli più accessibili per le persone sorde, strumento indispensabile da usare con cautela.
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The situation of Deaf education in Burkina Faso with a focus on the School for the D/deaf "Esperance" located in Fada n'Gurma, in the eastern part of the country