World Federation of the Deaf president Colin Allen has joined the faculty at RIT/NTID. International deaf advocate Colin Allen now is a member of the faculty at Rochester Institute of Technology ’s ...

Representatives from RIT’s National Technical Institute for the Deaf and the World Federation of the Deaf signed a formal cooperation agreement. Pictured, from left to right, are Gerry Buckley, NTID ...

UDSF is among the six federations that failed to beat the June 20 registration deadline which was set by the sports minister as the first step in the implementation of the National Sports Act 2023.

The World Federation of the Deaf will urge communities, governments and civil society representatives to recognize and promote the different national sign languages worldwide.

And it’s not just BSL. According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there are more than 70 million deaf people worldwide, with more than 300 different sign languages.

The International Day of Sign Languages seeks to raise awareness of the importance of sign language in the full realization of the human rights of people who are deaf.

This week from Sept. 20 to Sept. 26 is 2021’s International Week of Deaf People (IWDP). IWDP is a celebration of Deaf culture. This initiative of the World Federation of the Deaf originally began in ...

According to the World Federation of the Deaf, there are over 70 million Deaf people worldwide. This makes up 5% of the global population.

An international event is set to kick off July 11 in Jeju Island, with a variety of cultural activities designed for and prepared by deaf people. The 19th World Conference of the World Federation ...

The Healthcare Access Project Manager, World Federation of the Deaf, WFD, Dr Jolene Ogunjirin, has urged the Federal Government to invest in deaf education in order to lessen the difficulties and ...