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and promoted Indian
Sign Language as
an important part of
National Education
Policy 2020, the
landscape is changing.
I am very thankful to
the Prime Minister for
taking this progressive
step.”
Kavita, a student,
talked about the
challenges that the
deaf community
faced earlier and how
ISLRTC is helping in
overcoming it. “Earlier,
the hearing impaired
students couldn’t get
proper education as
most of the schools
and colleges focused
ISLRTC, the awareness of deaf-
on the oral mode of teaching.
friendly language is increasing.
Other institutes and organisations
Now the non-deaf people are
like police stations, hospitals,
also developing their ISL skills. The
banks, and courts were also
result is that communication is
inaccessible to us as there was no
becoming easier for us. ISLRTC has
proper mode of communicating.
given us a lot in the past 7 years.
But after the establishment of
Today, the ISLRTC dictionary,
NCERT and various story books in
ISL, and various training sessions
are helping the community in
building an identity.”
The contribution of every
citizen is needed to build a New
India. Today, the development of
Indian Sign Language has opened
new doors for the hearing-
impaired people of the country.
As India enters the Amrit Kaal,
the hearing-impaired citizens of
India will be able to walk shoulder
to shoulder with this dawn of
communication.

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