Davin B. Searls

Davin B. Searls is the Executive Director of Discovering Deaf Worlds, a 501(c)(3) non-profit international deaf advocacy organization dedicated to empowering deaf and hard of hearing communities in developing countries. DDW strives to advance the capacity of local deaf communities around the globe to meet their social, educational and employment needs. DDW's website address is www.discoveringdeafworlds.org, and its Facebook page can be found at www.facebook.com/DiscoveringDeafWorlds.

When Your Voice is No Longer Your Own-A Commentary on the Recent Controversy to Recognize Lingua dei Segni Italiana

By Davin B. Searls on June 24, 2011

There is a silent battle going on as I write this letter; a battle over a peoples’ voice, their right to be heard, and the ownership of their language, which may soon be wrested away from them. Most of the world does not think about sign language as a method of regular communication, much less [...]

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Davin B. Searls

When Your Voice is No Longer Your Own-A Commentary on the Recent Controversy to Recognize Lingua dei Segni Italiana

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