Catharine Carlin
19 – 25 September 2022
This year’s theme is :
Building Inclusive Communities for All
Brighton Primary School and Centre of Deaf Education is celebrating National Week of Deaf People in Weeks 9 & 10 with many special events planned. We start off our celebrations for National Week of Deaf People on Monday Week 9 with our CDE students hosting a special National Week of Deaf People assembly. Our CDE assembly is an online/video presentation! Come join us on the Blog at 12pm Monday to watch the assembly and help us start our celebrations.
What is National Week of Deaf People?
The National Week of Deaf People (NWDP) is a week-long national celebration of Deaf individuals and the Australian Deaf community, which includes celebrating the International Week of Deaf People (IWDP) and International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) which are initiatives of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD). These two events are traditionally held during September and are based on the founding date of the WFD (23 September 1951). It is an opportunity for Deaf people to celebrate their communities, language, culture and history; make the public aware of their local, state and national Deaf communities; and to recognise their achievements.
It is also an opportunity for organisations involved with or wishing to be involved with the Deaf Community to build and maintain relationships with Deaf people and be recognised as an ally to the Deaf community.