Philippine Deaf Association
| Philippine Deaf Association | |
|---|---|
| founding | October 19, 1996 |
| Seat | Quezon City , Luzon , Philippines |
| Action space | Philippines |
| people | Carolyn Dagani |
| Website | mccidonline.net/philfedeaf |
The Philippine Association of the Deaf ( English Philippine Federation of the Deaf , short PFD ) is the national organization of the Deaf in the Philippines, and also a member organization of the World Federation of the Deaf .
Objectives
The Philippine Deaf Association aims to serve all members of the Deaf community, regardless of belief, socio-economic class, sexual orientation, age, or ethnic background. The main objectives of the organization are as follows:
- Equal employment opportunities and access to quality education, as well as to government and private sector telecommunications and mass media, to social services and to the public / public transport system;
- Using Filipino Sign Language (FSL) as the preferred language of the Filipino Deaf and supporting related research and development programs / projects;
- Raising public awareness of the Deaf in Filipino society and supporting efforts to spread it
- Support for the training of qualified interpreters for the deaf.
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members. (No longer available online.) In: wfdeaf.org. World Federation of the Deaf , archived from the original on July 7, 2016 ; accessed on April 4, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
