Thursday, June 04, 2009

Malaysian Federation of the Deaf Secretary shows the new headquarters offices, and explains that their national publicaton,held by Justin Smith is laid out and published by Deaf employees and vocational trainees in the building.
The highlight of this trip to this developed nation was the trip to the Malaysian Federation of the Deaf headquarters in a Kuala Lumpur (abbreviated and signed K-L) suburb. The Federation maintains offices in a building that also houses a Deaf-owned and run cafe and other Deaf services. The Federation is funded by the Malaysian Federal government and maintains offices in several states.

The headquarters building has a video relay service center, computer skills training center, work skills training center for illiterate Deaf people and several apartments for the trainees who stay in KL for a six month stint of training. A language lab also allows the Federation to train interpreters in both sign language and interpreting. Interpreters are also requested through the Federation for events throughout KL.

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