The Association of Lawyers with Disabilities (ALDIN) have expressed reservations that most of the safety briefings on television do not factor in the peculiarities of persons with disabilities, particularly the…
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#StaySafe: Nigeria National Association of the Deaf President, Alhaji Dagbo, Enlightens the Nigeria Deaf Community in a Sign Language Video on basic safety measures regarding the Corona Virus
Nigeria National Association of the Deaf, Alhaji Dagbo President Enlightens the Nigeria Deaf Community on basic safety measures regarding the Corona Virus Pandemic. Watch the Video Below:
Deaf people in Nigeria like their hearing counterparts like to sing and to imitate music they learn elsewhere. Some of these people have already acquired speech and language and are…
The Gombe State Association of the Deaf (GOMSAD) which is an umbrella body of the entire deaf and hard-of-hearing people in Gombe State has been nominated for “Award of Excellence”…
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Int’l Women’s Day: Deaf Woman Inspires Africans With Disabilities, Receives Two Awards
Aneth Isaya, the Founder and Director of Furaha ya wanawake wajasiriamali kwa viziwi Tanzania (FUWAVITA) which in Swahili language when translated to English to mean the Tanzania Joy Women Entrepreneurship…
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Deaf Nigerian Profile 019: I was forced to eat different concoctions, taken to a shrine in a thick bush, all in a bid to restore my hearing – Grace Ajayi
Grace Ajayi is a mother and grandmother. She is the founder of Deaf Female Empowerment Initiative. She is a native of Abeokuta, Ogun State. Meet Grace Ajayi as she shares…
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How Doctors Inability To Communicate With My Deaf Sister Claimed Her Life Two Weeks Before Her Wedding – Funmi Ogunro
Founder, Friends of the Deaf Int’l Foundation, Funmi Ogunro in this exciting interview with Sejoro Ekundayo told INN how she lost her deaf sister due to communication problems with medical…
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Deaf Woman becomes role model in leadership in Africa, wins post for Public Relation Officer
Aneth Isaya, the founder and director of Furaha ya wanawake wajasiriamali kwa viziwi Tanzania (FUWAVITA) in Swahili language when translated to English to mean the Tanzania Joy Women Entrepreneurship For…
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Deaf Nigerian Profile 018: Using Hearing Aid Gave Me Lots Of Headache, I Had To Accept My Deafness – Yemisi Alabi, Chairperson LSDWA
Mrs Oluwayemisi Olaitan Alabi is a native of Ibadan, Oyo state. She attended Government Technical college, Oshogbo, Osun State and graduated as a Stenographer. She is the incumbent Chairperson, Lagos…
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Teenager Calls For All Schools To Teach Sign Language ‘To Make World More Inclusive’
Nearly 100,000 people have signed a petition set up by an 18-year-old calling for all schools to teach basic sign language. Jade Kilduff, 18, launched the campaign after seeing how…
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Deaf Nigerian Profiles 017: I Once Grabbed A Person’s Ball In A Bid To Escape Lashes From Deliverance Procedure – Muyiwa Afolayan, NNAD NFS
Mr Muyiwa Timothy Afolayan is a native of Esie, Kwara State. He holds NCE, B.ED and M.ED qualifications. He is a civil servant under Federal Ministry of Education. He has…
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Disability community mourns, Deaf community, JONAPWD call on government to aid victims, Late Oladimeji Bunmi laid to rest as another accident victim died.
Deaf Women Association of Nigeria (DWAN), Deaf Teachers Association of Nigeria (DTAN), Ekiti State JONAPWD, Nigeria National Assocation of the Deaf (NNAD), National Alumni Association FCE (Special) and a host…
A 24-year-old Nigerian gay man, identified as Bow Berlin, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 4-year-old Deaf Boy in Ikorodu, Lagos. According to sources, the incident happened this morning…
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Ado-Ekiti Motor Accident: Government Visits Victims, Principal Denies Report of Father’s Burial
Ekiti State government has commiserated with the families of some workers of Ekiti State Government that were involved in a ghastly motor accident at Ara Ekiti, in Ijero Local Government…
Three deaf persons working with the Special School for the Blind and Deaf in Ikoro Ekiti, Ijero Local Government have died while many others sustained terrible injuries during a ghastly…