Thrilled to have a new paper out with Dr. Julia Hecht in The Lancet - one of the oldest and most respected medical journals. "Primary health care practices for deaf children should include early incorporation of a signed language" thelancet.com/journals/lance… Main points below 1/7

Hello WASLI Members, Our WASLI 2023 Conference Proceedings is ready for your reading pleasure! Congratulations to all of the presenters that shared their work with us so that all of us might learn from them, Happy reading! wasli.org/news-5/wasli-2…

📷Job alert!📷 The University of California, San Diego is hiring a full-time Assistant Professor in Linguistic Anthropology. apol-recruit.ucsd.edu/JPF03988

Hello WASLI Members Many have been inquiring about next WFD-WASLI Accreditation. More info soon. For now, gather relevant supporting documents. wasli.org/is-interpreter

New linguistic evidence that the variety of International Sign investigated in this study is sufficiently shared to be called 'International Sign Language'. I've seen deaf signers vehemently disagree about whether it should be called 'IS' or 'ISL': interesting times!

Seminar on AI, Interpreting, and Language Access will provide context to the SAFE AI Task Force Guidance on AI and Interpreting Services for using automated interpreting by artificial intelligence (AIxAI). deaf-futures.com/events/cit-pre… #deafsafeai

EUD President Sofia Isari calls for National Sign Languages to become EU Official Languages: "Equal recognition of sign languages is key to full participation and inclusion for Deaf people across Europe." Read more: eud.eu/the-publicatio… #SignLanguageRights #Inclusion

𝗪𝗲𝗱𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗰𝘆 Encourage everyone to actively advocate for the rights of #deaf individuals and the official recognition of national sign languages. 🔗 Read more: wfdeaf.org/iwdeaf2024/ #IWDP

🌍💙 Celebrating International Week of Deaf People - highlighting the incredibly diverse world of deaf people and signed languages #IWDP2024📷✨

𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟳 𝗦𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰: 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 Embracing the diversity in deaf communities where every deaf individual with intersecting identities is recognized. 🔗Read more: wfdeaf.org/iwdeaf2024/ #IWDP

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION DAY! 🥳👐🙌🤝👥🗣👤🌎🌍🌏 #wasli #wfd #signlanguage #internationalinterpretationandtranslationday #signlanguageinterpreter #signlanguagetranslator #interpretation #translation #internationalsign #world

This seminar provides context to the Guidance on AI and Interpreting Services for using automated interpreting by artificial intelligence (AIxAI). actionnetwork.org/ticketed_event… Disponible en español hablado English and ASL English transcription #DeafSafeAI

facebook.com/share/v/xhTF4d… Transcript dailymoth.com/blog/sony-pate…

Evelina Fedorenko, a neuroscientist at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research, decade-long investigations: Language and thought are distinct entities, operating in separate parts of the brain.” ecs.page.link/AGPjJ

HAPPY NEW YEAR Dear Esteemed Members, 2025 is here. The WASLI Board is delighted to welcome you all to 2025. This year promises to be a year full of exciting activities and initiatives... read more wasli.org/news-5/our-3-y…