World Deaf Day - 29 September

29 Sep 2019

World Deaf Day – 29 September

World Deaf Day – 29 SeptemberWorld Deaf Day is celebrated every year on the last Sunday of September. This year, that date falls on 29 September.

The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) celebrated the entire week, from Monday to Sunday, as International Week of the Deaf.

The day is celebrated to highlight the achievements of people who are deaf.

The WFD started celebrating this day in 1958.
 	Not just the deaf but everyone else can also take part in this day's celebration.
 	On this day, people arrange rallies, seminars and deaf awareness campaigns with some fun events.
 	India has many national and state-level deaf organisations which also promote awareness about deafness and sign languages.

The main objective of the day is to promote understanding among common people about the problems of deaf people around the world.

The theme for World Deaf Day 2019 is 'Sign Language Rights for All!’

Deaf people use sign language as a language for communication. International day for sign language was on 23 September.

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