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The Institute for the Advancement of Deaf Persons in Israel

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The Institute for the Advancement of Deaf Persons in Israel
Formation1993
Legal statusnon-profit
Purposeinitiate, develop and implement programs for the empowerment & independence of the Israeli deaf and hard-of-hearing community
Location
WebsiteOfficial website (in Hebrew)

The Institute for the Advancement of Deaf Persons in Israel (Hebrew: המכון לקידום החרש בישראל, Arabic: معهد النهوض بالصم في اسرائيل) was founded in 1993 to provide services and programming to the Israeli deaf community. This includes employment assistance,[1] creation of an electronic Israeli Sign Language dictionary, and organization of a national Deaf Day in 2009 to increase public awareness about the Israeli deaf community and Israeli Sign Language.[2]

The institute is also the coordinator for government-provided interpreting services to deaf Israelis,[3] including providing ISL interpreters, note takers, technology lending, and other support services for deaf university students.[4] These services are handled through the institute's Sela Center. The institute also organizes an annual Student Day (יום הסטודנטים) for deaf and hard-of-hearing university students throughout Israel.[5] In addition, the institute also works with Arab-Israeli deaf communities in Israel, providing Arabic-language materials and professional training to deaf Arab-Israelis and the professionals who work with them,[6] as well as works in conjunction with deaf communities outside of Israel.[7]

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  1. ^ מיזם להעסקת בני נוער חירשים בחופש הגדול (Deaf Youth Summer Employment Initiative), Ynet
  2. ^ כבוד יום החירש: קורס מזורז בשפת הסימנים (In Honor of Deaf Day: a Crash Course in Israeli Sign Language), Ynet
  3. ^ When Israeli Sign Language interpreting make a difference between Life and Death, Israel Non-Profit News)
  4. ^ Equal Opportunity and Oppression in Education: The Case of Deaf Education in Israel
  5. ^ יום הסטודנט החירש: רוצים לצאת מהדממה (Deaf Student Day: Wanted to Leave the Silence), Ynet
  6. ^ The Marc Rich Foundation: Welfare
  7. ^ American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Turkey: Non-Sectarian Programs
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