SIGN LANGUAGE WORK - World Federation of the Deaf
SIGN LANGUAGE WORK - World Federation of the Deaf
SIGN LANGUAGE WORK - World Federation of the Deaf
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THE FINNISH ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF<br />
My background:<br />
• No <strong>Deaf</strong> family background but a member <strong>of</strong> a linguistic<br />
minority. Swedish-speakers are 6 % <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> population <strong>of</strong><br />
Finland<br />
• Sign language interpreter degree in 1993<br />
• MA in linguistics 1999<br />
• PhD-student in General Linguistics at University <strong>of</strong> Helsinki<br />
• 1998 – 2002 Finland-Swedish Sign Language research project<br />
• 2002 Linguistic advisor –> Sign Language Work (SLW) in<br />
Balkan (Albania and Kosovo) in two development co-operation<br />
projects funded by <strong>the</strong> Ministry for Foreign Affairs <strong>of</strong> Finland<br />
and <strong>the</strong> Finnish Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong><br />
• The Finnish Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> (FAD)<br />
• Albanian National Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> (ANAD)<br />
• Kosovar Association <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Deaf</strong> (KAD)
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