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SIGNS FOR HANDSHAKES Deaf-Youth-Meets-Employers-Toolkit Project period: 10/2015- 09/2017 SIGNS FOR HANDSHAKES is a 2 year European project with partners from Austria, Bulgaria, UK and Slovenia with the aim of:  Build and maintain strong links with representatives of the employment sector and the Deaf Community.  Offer practical advice for employers on hiring young Deaf peo ...

Background and educational needs of deaf and hard of hearing peopleWithin European societies and educational systems sign language and bilingualeducation were suppressed for centuries. The structure of sign languages is verydifferent from that of spoken and written languages. As a result, deaf people couldn’tdevelop their mother tongue in a rich way and written text (especially literature) is very ...