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International Day of Sign Languages today | SLCFD highlights issues

22 Sep 2020

  • Urges Govt. to enact the Sign Language Bill
  • Requests issuance of light driving license
By Sarah Hannan The Sri Lanka Central Federation of the Deaf (SLCFD) celebrated the International Day of Sign Languages today (23) in an innovative way by sending postcards highlighting their issues to the President during the week leading up to today. “The Government is yet to make legal provisions to establish sign language as a recognised language for communication. On 12 September 2017, the draft bill on sign language received Cabinet approval. However, the then Government failed to proceed to enact it and turn it into the Sign Language Bill,” SLCFD President Brian Kodituwakku told The Morning. Furthermore, another request the SLCFD was making over the years is to issue light vehicle driving licenses to its members, as driving is more of a visual activity rather than an auditory activity. Last week, the SLCFD also sat for a meeting with the Ministry of Transport Secretary, during which they proposed to consider issuing driving licenses to their members on an annual renewal policy as a pilot project. “They can issue a driving license for light vehicle driving for a period of one year to a selected group of members, and if the pilot project goes well, they can consider issuing a light vehicle driving license to the rest of the members who are interested,” Kodituwakku added. The postcard campaign that was held over the past week highlighted these two aspects and members were encouraged to send postcards in any one of the three languages addressed to the President.

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