Signs for a Good Education

(Sydney, October 18, 2013) -- Deaf children have a right to a quality education, like all other children, in a language and environment that maximizes their potential. In this video, in conjunction with a global conference in Sydney on equality for deaf people, Human Rights Watch shows some of the challenges faced by deaf children and young people, and the opportunities sign language education offers them.

For more information: http://www.hrw.org/news/2013/10/17/offer-deaf-children-education-sign-language

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0:57and communicate with others
0:58it is only by learning sign language that deaf children can
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1:07denied their right to education
1:09this is because of a lack of teachers well trained in sign language
1:14and a lack of awareness by parents that their children can
1:18and have a right to go to school on same language
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1:27we don't if they cannot so it is a mother language
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2:19for the Deaf to learn anything but what should happen is that they should how
2:24people all can communicate with them
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2:31people who understand the lead the in the act
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