ASLI - 06 th SEPT 2008

The first ever get-together of interpreters for the deaf by ASLI will be held from 4pm to 7pm on Saturday 26th July 2008 at Indian Social Institute (ISI) Lodhi Industrial Area, behind Sai Baba Mandir, refreshments will be served. The event to take place in Delhi will be a landmark in the history of India. The interpreting profession has not been given its proper status and it is ASLI’s aim to put the profession in the centre stage of all developmental work relating to the deaf community. Partnered by the National Association of the Deaf (NAD) in their venture the ASLI aims to be the pioneer in creating professional standards as well as training amateur interpreters across the country says President, Arun C. Rao who is also Founding President of the NAD.



ASLI is a newly formed organization to represent the Interpreters for the deaf in India. The deaf community of India has not had a formal interpreting organization until now. The concept of sign language interpreting as a professional service for deaf persons has yet to take hold in India. The apex organizations for the deaf are already campaigning for this to take place.


There is a lot that ASLI will be doing to support and enable the local organization of the deaf. You have already been working in interpreting albeit with or without formal training for some time now. All persons who have been serving the deaf community selflessly for years by providing interpreting services will now have ASLI to support them in their endeavors by building awareness of the need for interpreters and advocating the need for linguistic access for deaf persons.


ASLI intends to work closely with apex organizations of the deaf to create a post of interpreter in the govt. this will give our profession the much needed stature. There is a great need for interpreters in the country and the activities of deaf organisations everywhere are stagnating because of the lack of interpreting services. Deaf sign users in the community are unable to access even basic services. ASLI will endeavor to increase awareness of the general population and the govt. , provide specialized training, a formal and non-formal certification system and a greater visibility for interpreters at a national level.





Association of Sign Language Interpreters (Founded in 2007)

Hearing impaired have their fill in first ever cricket match on 09th Feb 2007

Hearing impaired have their fill in first ever cricket match
KT NEWS SERVICE
JAMMU, Feb 9: In the first ever cricket match between the hearing impaired and the physically fit cricketers in the history of Jammu and Kashmir, the Roshni Cricket Academy (RCA) team today defeated Jammu and Kashmir Association of the Deaf and Dumb cricket team by seven wickets in a exhibition cricket match at GG M Science College ground today.
The match was organized by Roshni Cricket Academy and sponsored by the Himalayan Trading Cooperative Marketing Ltd Jammu. The main objective of the exhibition match was to encourage the handicapped players and to impart among them the feeling that they too are important part of the society.
Choosing to bat first after winning the toss, the Jammu and Kashmir Association of the Deaf and Dumb team started its inning carefully and but the whole team was bowled out in 17.5 overs after scoring 92 runs in a 20 overs match while chasing the meagre target, the RCA team won the match by seven wickets with 7.1 overs spare.
Speaking on the occasion, Dr G N Qasba, Registrar Co-operative, who was the chief guest appreciated the organizers for organizing such kind of match. Such activities would definitely encourage these physically challenged people and they would feel that they are also the important part of this society, said Qasba. He assured that the academy would organize such match in future to uplift the morale of these physically challenged players. He also distributed prizes among the players. Professor Vijay Kotwal, Principal GGM Science College Jammu was the guest of honour on the occasion.
Talking to Kashmir Times, the president of the Deaf and Dumb Association team Vijay Kumar Gupta told that the main objective of the match was to impart the feeling of "self-dependant among the physically challenged players. It would encourage them playing more cricket which would further uplift their morale, said Gupta.
While the Managing Director Roshni Cricket Academy and organizer of the match Rajinder Arora expressed his happiness for organizing such kind of match and said the main objective of the match to know how these players would play with normal players. He further disclosed that the academy has planned to organize a cricket match between Jammu Deaf and Dumb players and Kashmir Deaf and Dumb players very soon.

Dance Performance By Deaf And Dumb

Deaf and dumb children from a NGO Group “Koshish” shown a group performance at Shabaash India TV programme. The NGO Koshish is an organisation which care and educate physically handicapped children.

These deaf and dumb children presents a group dance on a famous Punjabi song “ishq tera tadpaye” of pop singer sukhbir. the dance performance on this song was superb and no one can say that these child are deaf and dumb. so good dance performance that was.

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2 cops suspended for raping deaf and dumb girl

MOGA: She was handed to the law saviours in khaki for tracing her parents but they not only shattered her faith but also treated her as an object to satisfy their lust.
Crossing all limits of dignity two cops of the Moga police raped a deaf, dumb and mentally challenged 20-year-old on the night of July 28. The two, a constable and a sepoy, were finally nailed after 60 hours on Thursday.
The crime was committed two hours after her custody was handed over to the cops by Nanak Chand, president of religious body in Moga. After rescuing the girl from three motorcyclists, who were harassing her, Chand had approached the two members of a police patrolling party, Paramjit Singh and Balbir Singh, who assured hime about her safety.

Deaf and Dumb protest against 'occupation' of their office-May 7, 2005

Deaf and dumb protest against 'occupation' of their office
From: Kashmir Live, India - May 7, 2005
Express News Service
Jammu, May 6: KARAN Kumar Verma, a deaf and dumb, ekes out his living from the click of a camera. The annexe of his house makes up for a studio where from he receives orders to get pictures of marriage parties prepared. He was on a silent protest today along with many other deaf and dumb. They did'nt raise any slogans but the police were on the spot to prevent anything untoward from happening.
Kumar and his other colleagues were protesting over the alleged 'occupation' of their association office. ''The association office where from we were operating, has been occupied. We are on the road,'' said Roshan Bhan, honorary secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Association of the Deaf.
The association has been working for the rehabilitation of the deaf by offering them vocational training. ''Some 500 deafs are associated with us. We work for their welfare,'' Bhan said.
Many of the deafs associated with the association today poured on the streets seeking that their office be restored to them. They blocked the road at Jain Bazar causing disruption to traffic. Their leaders were responding to them to remain united. ''The association was established in 1975 by Ram Lal Arora who was himself a deaf and dumb. He was elected as the founding president of the association in the same year. He opened the head office in his own house here,'' added Bhan.
However, joint secretary of the Rashtriya Sewika Samiti (RSS) Prem Lata Gupta begs to differ. ''We have been kept here by the trust itself. The orphans of militancy are being rehabilitated here and they are being nurtured with the spirit of patriotism,'' she said.
The association of the deaf has been contending that some among the deaf and dumb were harassed when they opened the office room and they were given a severe thrashing and thrown forcibly out of the building.

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