| Also Known As: Urban Indian Sign Language,Indo-Pakistani Sign Language
Description:
Indo-Pakistani Sign Language (IPSL) is the predominant sign language variety in South Asia, used by at least several hundred thousand deaf signers (2003). As with many sign languages, it is difficult to estimate numbers with any certainty, as the Census of India does not list sign languages and most studies have focused on the north and on urban areas.
The Indian deaf population of 3.1 million is 98% illiterate[citation needed]. In line with oralist philosophy, deaf schools attempt early intervention with hearing aids etc, but these are largely dysfunctional in an impoverished society. As of 1986, only 2% of deaf children attended school. [citation needed]
Deaf schools in the region are overwhelmingly oralist in their approach.
Since 2001, a group at the Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped (AYJNIHH) has been working on providing teaching material and training teachers for ISL. The Rehabilitation Council of India and the Ishara Foundation are also involved in ISL training, English through ISL, and interpreter training. A number of vocational schools, e.g. ITI Secunderabad use ISL for teaching. Other institutes such as the All India Institute of Speech and..... full article at Wikipedia |
