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Deaf Awareness 101

Presented by Jack Owiti

Kenya National Association of the Deaf -

KNAD

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What comes to your mind when yousee, think or hear of a Deaf person?

Deaf Awareness

101

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Who is a Deaf person?

W hat  do y ou call people w ho cannot  hear 

?Deaf  lik e K eny an, Af r ic an or  Amer ic an

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Myths about Deafness

 Angry, Hot tempered

Will beat you up till you bleed – must see blood

Mad, crazy, possessed

Dumb, Mute, Invalid

Will have deaf children

Cursed

Cannot live independently

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Stereotypes

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Causes

Hereditary – genetic, generational

Measles, Mumps

Meningitis, Malaria

ENT infections

 Accidents – 98 bomb blast

Occupational – exposure to long loud high frequencysounds – factory, call center, drilling 

Unknown

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Global

Populations, Trends

Global

Sub Sahara Africa

Kenya – 1 Million, Nairobi 4-5,000

WFD – World Federation of the Deaf 

WASLI – World Association of Sign LanguageInterpreters

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Regional

East Africa

Uganda

Tanzania/Zanzibar 

Rwanda

Burundi

South Sudan

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Kenya

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Perspectives on Deafness

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History of the Deaf in Kenya

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Emergence of schools for theDeaf 

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KNAD formation

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Deaf Community in Kenya

Deaf people are visual people – people of the eye

Communication

Information

Visual people

Ethnic cultural group

Sociolinguistic minority

Values, Traditions, Rules of behavior, Language

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Kenyan Sign Language

Myths about KSL

Signing is primitive and animal like

communicationSign language has no grammar 

Sign Language is inadequate, underdeveloped

Not a real language

Sign language is universal

 All Deaf people can lipread

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Kenyan Sign Language

Facts about KSL

KSL is a real language, consisting of a structured

system – syntax, grammar, morphology,lexicography etc

Totally separate and different language from Eng,Swa or spoken languages

Consists of variations, borrowings andadaptations from other SL or SpL

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Challenges

Implementation of the PWD Act 2003,5,12; SNEpolicy, KSL policy

Education – Deaf Education, Deaf teachers espECD, use of KSL, KSL teaching materials

Employment – 5%, capacity building

 Access to Information – Interpretation of essentialservices, training, certification and regulation of interpreters

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Deaf Kenyans and Devolution

No Deaf politician in the National Assembly

One Deaf woman nominated in Migori – County

Rep.No Deaf nominated or appointed in National or 

County government

Devolved structure has many opportunities nowand in the future

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Implications for WSTF

Change of attitudes towards the Deaf, KSL

Increased knowledge on issues related to

disabilities in KenyaTarget