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Krausz, T. The children who listen with their eyes. The Mary Chapman School for the Deaf in Yangon is countering entrenched traditional prejudices against the disabled by helping deaf children get a head start for their future.
Mary Chapman, School For The Deaf Children (Myanmar).
Phyu, TK. H. (July 17-23, 2006). Internet opens new frontiers for deaf students. BEFORE the students at the Mary Chapman School for the Deaf could learn to surf the web, they had to invent a few new words. The sign language they use at the school had no symbol for "Google", or even for "internet". Now when the teacher puts her thumb and first finger on the back of her other hand, it means to hunt for information on the popular search engine. And for students who used to feel isolated by their disability, the internet suddenly opens a new world of possibilities online.
Reilly, C. (2000, February 2). Vol. 30 No. 8, Gallaudet assists effort to improve deaf education in Myanmar. For the first time in the history of the Mandalay School for the Deaf, a deaf adult is brought in as a classroom teacher. The move was part of the trainers' emphasis on having deaf, signing role models for deaf children.
Wallis, S. (2002). Inclusion for the excluded - a pipe dream or practical necessity? Including children with learning difficulties in refugee camp schools on the Thai/Burma border. The report that follows describes an Early Intervention programme piloted in a large, well-established refugee camp on the Thai/Burma border. The camp is home for one of the ethnic groups forced to flee from Burma as a result of military oppression. The programme, funded by Consortium (a US-based NGO) and Voluntary Service Overseas (partly funded by DFID in the UK) is in its infancy but seems to be an excellent model for inclusion practice. I visited the camp in February 2002.
-->Sign, gesture, & deafness in South Asian & South-West Asian histories: A bibliography with annotation and excerpts from India; also from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma / Myanmar, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Persia / Iran, & Sri Lanka. -->
Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies (JISLS) - Research activities by KAMEI Nobutaka. Asian Deaf Friendship Fund visited Myanmar. In: Japanese Deaf News (Japanese Federation of the Deaf). No.640 (February 1, 2004). 1, 4./ Deaf movements, Deaf education and sign language in Myanmar. In: Quarterly MIMI (Japanese Federation of the Deaf). No.103 (2004 spring): 76-79. Kamei, Nobutaka. 2004. / Sign language in Myanmar: One language or two? In: Foreign Sign Department, Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies ed. Sign languages of Asia (Asia no shuwa) Vol.5. Tokyo: Japan Institute for Sign Language Studies. 10-19.
19th Newsletter - APCD Missions. Scroll down to "Mission to Myanmar: 5-8 February 2007". In 2006, APCD advised the DSW to draft a project proposal for a standardized sign language to promote social participation of the deaf community and facilitate closer cooperation among various stakeholders (e.g., DSW, schools for the deaf, deaf people) through their collaborative work. APCD had facilitated former deaf participants and their deaf peers to be involved in the project formulation and work closely with DSW.
-->Sign, gesture, & deafness in South Asian & South-West Asian histories: A bibliography with annotation and excerpts from India; also from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burma / Myanmar, Iraq, Nepal, Pakistan, Persia / Iran, & Sri Lanka. -->
Oo, S. Y. M. New sign language dictionary launched. Students at Mary Chapman School for the Deaf attend the launch ceremony for the sign language dictionary on December 1. Pic: Aung Tun Win THE launching ceremony for Myanmar's first standardised sign language dictionary was held at Mary Chapman School for the Deaf in Yangon's Dagon township on December.
